There’s an excellent post today on the Raptor Persecution Scotland blog about what manner of things might be in any grouse meat that you eat. Watch out Henry! I wonder how much medicine from medicated grit gets into Hen Harriers, Peregrines and other wildlife through ingestion? Has anyone looked at that? Game meat, including…
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
What the FTSE?
I spent a few minutes yesterday responding to the BBC consultation over their charter renewal – this is a good place to do that. I like and admire the BBC though it has irritated me a bit over how it has treated the Jeremy Corbyn election and the decline of its serious coverage of environment…
Gate Zero and the West Pennine Moors
Access to information request – Partial release – Request No RFI 3031 regarding all records of, and documents related to, NE Board discussions on SSSI, SPA, SAC designation programmes, ‘gate zero’ and changes in strategy and approach from the present day back to the beginning of 2011 Many thanks for your letter and enclosures dated…
World Teachers’ Day
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Today is World Teachers’ Day. These are teachers whose names I can remember and who made a difference to me. There are many others I’m sure – but it was a long time ago! Thank you to them all. Cleve House School, Bristol: Miss Gregory, Mrs Glide, Mrs Lane, Mrs Beard, Mr Handley. Bristol…
The first 20,000 signatures
Our e-petition to ask the Westminster government to ban driven grouse shooting, reached 20,000 signatures last night. That took less than two and a half months. Last year, the similar e-petition took six and a half months to reach the same milestone. And remember, this has been done by you and me, and 19,998 others…