15,000 signatures on Day 14. Last time it took 5 weeks not two weeks: the time before, it took almost 12 weeks. Momentum! Thank you very much – all of you who have signed and spread the word.
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
Sunday book review – Wild Kingdom by Stephen Moss
Britain’s wildlife is going down the pan, isn’t it? Yes, it is! But it isn’t all bad. In this personal account of the fate of our wildlife Stephen Moss visits a wide variety of places and habitats – and sees species on the up as well as on the down track. It’s an entertaining journey…
Champions of the Flyway 2016 – blog 2
Day 2 – Saturday 26 March Wake up early and realise I am in Israel: Wednesday, home; Thursday, Devon; Friday, Luton; Saturday, Tel-Aviv. Tomorrow I’ll wake up in Eilat, one of the migration hotspots of the world where birds pour through from African wintering grounds to Europe and Asia. Can’t wait! Today we start fairly…
Saturday cartoon by Ralph Underhill
Champions of the Flyway 2016 – blog 1
Although it’s all over (all over bar the fundraising actually!), over the next few days I will be blogging ‘as-live’ on the Champions of the Flyway event I attended in Eilat Israel. ‘As live’ means I will write about each day as though it has just happened and without telling you anything about the events…