I’ve spent time in the garden, some time birdwatching and some time in front of the TV today. But I’ve also been watching the number of subscribers to the Wild Justice newsletter steadily mounting through the day. I’ve also been sending emails to folk who are still in the ‘Confirmation Pending’ category in our records…
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
Tim Melling – Elliot’s Laughingthrush
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Tim writes: This is Elliot’s laughingthrush (Trochalopteron elliotii), a songbird found in Central China and the extreme NE part of India. It occurs at high altitudes from about 1200 to 4800m in forest and scrub. But like all laughingthrushes, they are heard more often than they are seen. This was unusual to see one perched…
Guest blog series, A Break from Humanity (12) by Ian Carter.
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Continued from last Saturday A few days later I went back to the north-east of the island, this time with my fishing rod, threading it through the tall stems of Bracken as I walked, or even hoisting it over my head, above the dense canopy of fronds. I’d not managed to find anywhere else on…
Wild Justice website up and running again
After a day and a bit of being off-line the Wild Justice website came back to life again yesterday. You can access the site at wildjustice.org.uk . Thank you for your patience. The best way to keep in touch with Wild Justice is to subscribe to our newletter. You can do this through the orange…
Saturday cartoon by Ralph Underhill
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School strike over climate
I have great admiration for those young people walking out of school today to protest about inaction on climate change. I wish I could go back to school to walk out with them! The hashtags #climatestrike #YouthForClimate #FridaysForFuture and #schoolstrike4climate will get you to posts about it on social media. Our schools must, these days, promote…
Poor government response
Les Wallace’s petition has now received its expected poor government response. To be fair, it is quite a quick, poor response. Therese Coffey and the rest of Defra say ‘No’. In fact they say ‘No, no need’. I’ll be coming back to this later, probably today, as there are some very interesting aspects to it….
Wild Justice first case…
Chris Packham should be on Good Morning Britain talking about Wild Justice at 06:50 this morning. He tells me he apologises for sniffling – he’s got a bug. And the Wild Justice website is temporarily down too – it has a few glitches and needs a bit of technical fiddling. Maybe it caught something from…
Chris Packham talks about Wild Justice on Farming Today
Chris Packham was interviewed on BBC Radio 4 Farming Today this morning – listen here, 9mins in to programme. Wild Justice’s website is live – click here. Wild Justice has a Twitter handle: @wildjustice_org Wild Justice’s first press release – click here.
Wild Justice is launched
Wild Justice is launched today. It is a not-for-profit company set up by Chris Packham, Ruth Tingay and me. More on what we are going to do through the day, but here is our (first ever) press release: Wild Justice, a not-for-profit company set up by; TV presenter, photographer and wildlife campaigner Chris Packham CBE;…