Were you driving past when Henry was standing by the side of the road the other day! Henry kept saying that this looked perfect for ringtails but I told him he ought to stay in the car because it’s a bit dangerous for the likes of him in these parts. #HaveyouseenHenry?
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
Wildlife Power List
In May’s edition of BBC Wildlife magazine they publish a list of the 50 people most likely to make a difference to the natural world in the next decade. It’s a list of those considered to have the most potential influence for good. As such, it’s rather nice to find myself at #14. You’d expect…
Please let me know…
Several people have told me (thank you all!) that when they look at the top of this page then one of the options is for Viagra in the USA!! The thing is, I don’t see that on my PC or phone – how about you? A new meaning for ‘Standing up for nature’?
Sunday book review – Undiscovered Owls by Magnus Robb and The Sound Approach.
What a hoot! This is a book about owls and owl sounds – it’s a Sound Approach Guide after all. It’s a very smart-looking and well-written book. And I found myself surprised by how much it gripped my interest. The description of the discovery of the new species, the Omani Owl, is a very good…
Saturday cartoon by Ralph Underhill
Mark writes: Bad things about the general election result: lots of people voted UKIP we are going to give ourselves the opportunity to leave the EU the Greens didn’t make a great leap forward none of the parties, except Caroline Lucas, looks as though they intend to take the environment or wildlife very seriously …