One of the many good things about writing a blog is that one learns things from the wise comments of one’s readers. This quote was posted by reader, Northern Diver (and I am very grateful to him or her) on my blog Too little, too late about NGO feebleness: ‘You have two babies very…
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
Congratulations – that is the way to do it.
Congratulations to Andy Richardson and the shooting community for quickly reaching the 10,000 signatures milestone in their badly-worded and badly-argued e-petition to keep toxic lead ammunition. That is the way to do it – it’s effective campaigning, even though for an awful cause. My sincere congratulations to them (clearly BASC was involved and who knows…
I missed this – better late than never
It was just over a year ago, 9 November 2014, that the 11th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Migratory Species (in Resolution 11.15) called on Parties to “Phase-out the use of lead ammunition across all habitats (wetland and terrestrial) with non-toxic alternatives within the next three years with Parties reporting to CMS…
Huffing and puffing in the post
In response to the call from the Labour Shadow Minister, Alex Cunningham, to get rid of lead ammunition the Countryside Alliance’s Tim Bonner huffs and puffs in the Huffington Post. In an article wittily called ‘Lead Ammunition – the Facts’ Bonner says very little of note. He says that the issue should be decided on…
Guest blog – Spurn developments by John Lawton
Prof Sir John Lawton FRS is a distinguished ecologist and is the chair of the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust. He was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1989, awarded a CBE in 1997 and knighted in 2005 for his contributions to ecological science. He has been awarded numerous other national and international science prizes. John…