I knew this report was coming, and I’ve only glanced at it so far, but it deserves a good read – which I will do over the next few days.
Author: Mark
Born Bristol, UK
Educated: Cleeve House School Bristol, Bristol Grammar School and Downing College Cambridge
Ph.D. University of Aberdeen, Winter activity of pipistrelle bats.
NERC post-doctoral Research Fellow, Edward Grey Institute, Oxford University
Former Conservation Director of the RSPB, 1989-2011
Garden list for 4 weeks of Lockdown2 (unimpressive)
The view from the bathroom window of the ivy on the shed is always worth a look. At this time of year the sinking sun (coming from the right in the image above) catches the top of the ivy in late afternoon and a group of House Sparrows sit in the ivy catching the last…
Where is the England Peatland Strategy?
Just asking..
Guest blog – Natural Remedies – Gender and Pathography in Nature Writing by Jennifer Thompson
Jennifer Thompson is an ecologist and writer based in Devon. Her work has featured in print and online, including Nature Makes Us Better and Oh Magazine. If not writing, you’ll find her by the sea with her head in a book. She has just completed an MA in Travel and Nature Writing at Bath Spa, and…
Press release – The Woodmeadow Trust
Soaring invertebrate life at Yorkshire biodiversity hotspot bucks global trends Woodmeadows could help reverse UK’s decline in wildlife More than 1,000 invertebrate species – including over 30 with a high nature conservation status – have been identified at a pioneering 25-acre nature recovery project created by the Woodmeadow Trust near York, on a site which…
What sort of Environment Act do shooting Tories want?
Well how would I know? Well apart from Tim Bonner’s oft-mentioned dislike of the European legislation, such as the Habitats Directive (drafted by arch-lefty Stanley Johnson, remember)(see here and here) and maybe from keeping an eye on what they do… Here are three examples from two shooters, both of whom spoke in the 2016 Westminster…
Johnson flies off again
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From yesterday’s PMQs – I fail to detect the Prime Minister wanting a greener more sustainable future in these words;
BTO press release – Europe’s breeding birds get long-overdue stocktake
Europe’s breeding birds get long-overdue stocktake New European Breeding Bird Atlas, a milestone for biodiversity research and nature conservation in Europe, is published today. Highlights The European Bird Census Council (EBCC) publishes the second European Breeding Bird Atlas EBBA2, a milestone for biodiversity knowledge in Europe A tremendous collaborative effort by the EBCC and its partner…
RSPB press release – marine SPAs in Scotland
RSPB Scotland welcomes seabird safe havens, but questions why Orkney sites are missing Puffins, terns, eiders and long-tailed ducks are among the wildlife that stands to get a boost from legal protection announced today. The long-awaited declaration of ‘Special Protection Areas’ (SPAs) will safeguard some of the places that hundreds of thousands of birds rely…
Bird/poultry flu in proper wild birds in Northumberland
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Lindisfarne is a fantastic place: it’s beautiful scenically and stuffed full of birds, particularly in winter. One of the ‘star’ birds (all birds are stars, even Linnets) is the Light-bellied (or Pale-bellied) Brent Goose which visits the area around Lindisfarne in winter after travelling from its breeding grounds in the high Arctic in Svalbard (Spitzbergen),…