Here are the quotes sent out by the organisations who are part of this joint effort. I’ve ordered them by how much I like them – most-liked at the top. Basically, the message that needs to be got across is : 1, what’s the problem? 2, why should I care? and 3, what needs to…
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 2019
The launch on Channel 4 News was a good idea, but the ‘sitting in a barn’ bit was pretty poor really, just all over the place. The whole thing was rescued by the young people! Well done Jess Nicholls, Mya-Rose Craig, Sophie Pavelle, Dan Rouse, Bella Lack and (token male) James Miller! Their messages were…
Press release – State of Nature Partnership (UK)
No let-up in net loss of UK’s nature The UK’s wildlife continues to decline according to the State of Nature 2019 report. The latest findings show that since rigorous scientific monitoring began in the 1970s there has been a 13% decline in average abundance across wildlife studied and that the declines continue unabated. Following the…
Press release – State of Nature Partnership (Scotland)
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Urgent action needed to halt continued decline of Scotland’s wildlife. Scotland’s wildlife continues to decline, according to the most comprehensive State of Nature report ever produced. The latest findings show that in the five decades since consistent scientific monitoring began there has been a 24% decline in average species abundance across monitored wildlife. The report…
Guest blog – World Land Trust Big Match Fortnight by Andrew Langley
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World Land Trust’s Big Match Fortnight 3 October is the start of World Land Trust’s Big Match Fortnight, ending on 17 October, which this year is raising funds for their Scorched Earth to Forest Haven appeal. This appeal is aiming to raise £575,000 to begin transforming 246 acres of barren slopes in an area of…
Fly a kite for a Hen Harrier with Chris Packham on Saturday
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Saturday, 1pm, Box Hill, Surrey. More information here.
NEWS: Government caves in on ancient woodlands
Ancient woodlands safe until Oakervee Review completed – see here. HS2 Ltd is an executive non-departmental public body sponsored by the Department for Transport. We have assessed 11 ancient woodlands, parts of which were due to be affected by preparations to build Britain’s new high speed railway this autumn, during the period of the Oakervee…
A few thoughts – rather random ones
where is the Werritty report – it’s October! my car has passed the 250,000 miles barrier – that’s slightly more than the distance from Earth to our moon. I’m glad that wasn’t the journey I planned as I’m pretty sure it wouldn’t get me all the way back over the next dozen years or so!…
Guest blog – Hunting on FC land: an update by Jack Riggall
Jack Riggall is an independent hunt monitor and anti-hunting campaigner. He wrote a previous guest blog here, FC and Hunts, in February 2019. The Forestry Commission recently announced, on Thursday 5th September, that they are changing their policy of licensing fox hunts and will begin publishing the dates of hunting meets as well as introducing…
Ban driven grouse shooting e-petition update.
It’s exactly seven weeks since this e-petition launched and we are approaching 108,000 signatures. Progress has been slow over the last three weeks but then no-one has put any effort into bumping up the signatures. As we enter the last 2-3 weeks (probably) of this e-petition then it would be good to put on a…