Dave Clark is an ornithologist with an MSc in Ornithology from the University of Birmingham and environmental campaigner with a particular interest in the interactions between birds and humans. Dave is keen to spread the word about the importance of urban areas for wildlife and improving our engagement with nature. Dave’s previous two guest blogs here…
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
Lockdown2 birdlist – not much progress
In the first week of Lockdown2 I saw 27 bird species. I saw all of them again this week (except LTTit and Green Woodpecker) but I brought the cumulative list up to 29 with Herring Gull and Rook. It’s not quite like sprng, is it?!
Forestry and Land Scotland – also Jay friendly
Forestry England don’t kill Jays themselves on their 250,000 ha and it’s clear they don’t let many others do it either. When I asked Forestry and Land Scotland about their policy they replied very quickly with; Hi Mark FLS does not cull jays on Scotland’s national forests and land – and our records indicate that…
Forestry England – friendly to Jays
Forestry England manages 1500 forests for us in England covering 250,000 ha of land. that’s a lot of forest, managed for timber, access, recreation and wildlife. So, I wondered how much Jay-killing goes on by Forestry England under the terms of the general licences (particularly as DEFRA has failed to remove Jay from the English…
North Northants will fly a Red Kite
This is the propsed logo for the new county of North Northamptonshire from April next year. This is a modified version of one of the logos which was proposed back in the summer. I’m very happy with this and although this wouldn’t have been my preferred option it is an improved version of my second…
Burning debate
I’ve just watched the Westminster Hall debate on moorland burning. I’ve seen quite a few of these in my time and my expectations are not very high, but this one wasn’t too bad. Having said that, I suspect many readers of this blog could have done a decent job on the subject, but you have…
This afternoon, 4:30-5:30
Olivia Blake is the Labour MP for Sheffield Hallam.
The experience of lead-free ammunition use in Denmark
This is not really new but what is interesting is that GWCT has recently posted this video. I don’t quite know what is going on in GWCT but something is… It shows that the UK is already over 30 years behind Denmark and it’s another example of a shooter telling UK shooters that there isn’t…
What a contrast
What a contrast between this image from the Peak District NP in Bob Berzins’s latest blog; …and this image of a potential future for Exmoor NP from Lee Schofield’s guest blog of yesterday; …and what a shame that the Glover report failed at all adequately to address the choice facing our National Parks and AONBs….
Guest blog – Failure to assess and monitor Protected Sites by Bob Berzins
Bob Berzins is a campaigner and activist. His novel Snared is available now. His previous guests blogs here all focus on the management, or mismanagement of upland areas such as the Peak District, Walshaw Moor and the North York Moors. Natural England: Failure to assess and monitor Protected Sites means we all pay Most Pennine…