While I was in Israel, our e-petition passed 11,000, 12,000 and 13,000 signatures, and then when I got back last night I watched it click over the 14,000 mark! Brilliant! Thank you everyone. At present, the leading constituency scores are as follows: Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey 88 signatures – Drew Hendry MP, SNP…
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
At last!
Very early this morning, in a surprise announcement, the Countryside Alliance said it would stop defending the indefensible, lay down its arms, and advise its members to switch to walked up shooting. ‘We recognise that driven grouse shooting is damaging the environment in so many ways that defending it is taking up too much of…
Arctic Redpolls soar over the Negev
That was a birthday to remember yesterday. Up at 0130, out at 0205, and birding until after dark at 1940 or so. And we saw…well I’ll tell you more about this trip to Israel over the next few days. Thank you to everyone who donated to the cause of helping the Hellenic Ornithological Society combat…
Happy Birthday to my binoculars!
Today my binoculars are 40 years old! They are as good as ever, unlike their owner who is 58 years old today. Both birthday boys are doing the Champions of the Flyway bird race in Israel today. If you would like to sponsor us on our birthday then please click here to donate money to…
Fineshade Wood should be an SSSI
When they came into being, all those years ago, SSSIs were selected as representative examples of wildlife-rich habitats. There was no expectation that every qualifying site would be protected. Roll the clock on a few decades, and we can see that the SSSI notification has been very important in protecting our wildlife – hundreds of…