Shooting Times was held up and then weakened a long way out in yesterday’s 3:20 at Perth – of course it’s a horse, what did you think? Oh you were thinking about the magazine, were you? Well, maybe, if you were then you’ll be amused that Western Bound won that race easily. I’ll be off…
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
Bye bye RSPB
Today is my last day at work for the RSPB. After just over 25 years I am moving on. They have been a wonderful 25 years – I have so many stories from them I ought to write a book – now there’s an idea! My successor is Martin Harper – formerly of Plantlife and…
Stand up for natural justice
Please support the RSPB’s campaign to stop the government scrapping wildlife legislation. I see Jonathon Porritt blogged on this issue – it’s well worth a read. But Jonathon is a bit slow in posting comments on his blog – mine hasn’t appeared yet. And I can’t yet see much rage being expressed by other nature…
Don’t let them get away with this
The question is – has the government gone mad or is it just wicked? The Red Tape Challenge potentially opens up any regulation anywhere to challenge but the government has included biodiversity, wildlife and natural environment regulation in this mix. Following the disproportionate clobbering that Defra received in the Comprehensive Spending Review compared with other…