This is not a Field Guide – it’s a novel. It’s a somewhat novel novel being a story of love amongst birders. On the weekly bird walks of the East African Ornithological Society romance is stirring. Will Mr Malik get the girl – or will he be given the bird? This is a light-hearted romantic…
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
Saturday cartoon by Ralph Underhill
Some things
A few things that have caught my eye: the USA is a long way ahead of us in getting rid of lead from game meat – for wildlife and people. Colorado is the next state looking to switch to non-toxic ammunition and there is interesting information on the impacts of lead in game on children’s…
New disease spreading through Red Grouse population
Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust scientists have published a paper which says that ‘Respiratory cryptosporidiosis is a new and rapidly spreading disease in red grouse.’. This is a disease normally found in captive birds but the first case in the ‘wild’ was found in the North Pennines in 2010. Worryingly, this paper also states that…
Stanwick Lakes delivers unique experiences
My local patch of Stanwick Lakes is nothing special in birdwatching terms – except it is my local patch. My Birdtrack records tell me that since September 2004 I have visited this site, and kept a species list of birds for the visit, on 368 occasions, recording in the process 152 species of bird. Some…