You couldn’t make it up. A rare bird, not seen in the UK for 22 years is spotted by a string of experienced birders in the north of Scotland and the twitching community get on the move. And then the bird, a member of a group that one would put near the top of one’s…
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
State of Nature report
I’m sorry I missed the launch of the State of Nature report by a large group of NGOs as I think it would have been a very enjoyable event. A bit like a gathering of old friends at the deathbed of UK wildlife – determined to have a good time, mention what a great person…
Sunday Book Review – A World in One Cubic Foot: Portraits of Biodiversity by David Liittschwager
This book is quite different and very interesting. It was put together by recording, in six different habitats, for a 24-hour period in each, the species that passed through a metal frame of 1-foot dimension. Then Liittschwager photographed a whole range of species that had occurred within that metal frame in that time-frame. It’s a…
Ralph Underhill cartoon – Sacred?
You do have to wonder where on Earth, or even in the EU, the CAP gets a good press. Here is a round-up of UK views: IEEP – Environment undermined in CAP deal CAPreform.eu – a damp squib for CAP reform which does nothing to shift towards ‘public money for public goods’ The Wildlife…
well done rspb
the rspb has a new logo – have you noticed it on the rspb website? it’s been long-heralded and it has finally arrived and it’s…well it’s…almost exactly the same as the old one. the main change is that the letters, r, s, p and b, are now in lower case. that’s very trendy. i like…