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
National Wildlife Crime Unit
This small unit is far from perfect: despite all the plaudits given to it, it has been ineffective in addressing most domestic wildlife crime. Still, we’d be worse off without it than we are with it (and it has a tiny budget). So please sign this e-petition and tell your MP that you have signed…
Awful of Natural England, and confused of RSPB
BBC Wildlife Magazine has a good article about the Hen Harrier plan (welcomed by the RSPB) which will do nothing for the Hen Harrier. I am quoted as saying that neither the RSPB nor Natural England should have agreed a plan which does not have targets in it. What is a plan without a…
Who was the best/worst Secretary of State for Defra?
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Politician does something – SHOCK!
They do things differently in Scotland (I’m told – and I will be over the border this weekend so I will be keen to find out for myself). In November 2015 (yes! that recently!), the Wildlife Crime Penalties Review Group published its findings on how wildlife crime in Scotland is dealt with by the criminal…