Just a few updates: no response from NE on this (Bowland gull cull) – but they did only promise it by the end of July so we’ll have to be patient sadly, the Arne HHDay event has bitten the dust – which is a great shame. Other events are available – see here. on Saturday…
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
IFAW press release – Minke whaling in Iceland has stopped
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Minke whaling in Iceland has stopped (London – 27 July, 2018) – Hunting of minke whales has ended in Iceland. Media sources reported today that cost and poor profits has made whaling no longer economically viable closing the local whaling industry. “This is very good news for minke whales and Iceland,” said Sigursteinn Masson, Iceland…
Teresa?
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Dent‘s 4am wake-up call sounds like “shotgun” – Westmorland Gazette
So exciting…!
Friday afternoon, around 1630, is the peak time for NE to reply to my FOI/EIR requests. Since we are promised a response by the end of July my guess is that it will either be late this afternoon or last thing on Tuesday. And of course it will have been worth waiting for nearly 13…
Guest blog – Local tours for local people… by Ian Parsons
I read the recent comments about wildlife tour companies and Iceland, following a blog on the Birdfair that Mark then converted into a blog, with interest (see also further later comments). I run a small wildlife tour business myself and therefore found it particularly relevant to what I do. I would like to point out…
Walk for Wildlife – 22 September
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More on Iceland, whales and the Bird Fair
Please read to the bottom of this post. The recent comment from Linda about whaling, Iceland and holiday tours has really put some cats among some pigeons and generated some good comments from regular commenters here. I’ve had an invitation from one tour company to have a chat at the Bird Fair, a call from…
Lia is down
The RSPB announced yesterday that a female Hen Harrier (Lia), satellite-tagged in north Wales in 2017, was found dead in suspicious circumstances in mid Wales, near Tylwch, south of Llanidloes, in May this year. The results of the post mortem examination suggest that she might have been shot (although the evidence given is suggestive but…
Writing competition: July is the dullest month – or is it?
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July is the dullest month for birding – it’s a well-known fact! That’s why birders get interested in dragonflies! Or is it the dullest month? Maybe it’s the best? It may be the best if you are keen on dragonflies. This blog’s 2018 writing competition is to make the case that any particular month of…
Potteric Carr – really wild
I was at Potteric Carr on Sunday and before I did my little event for them (which was fun, if a bit sweaty) I had a walk around the nature reserve. I saw several of Plantlife’s Pickable12 flowers including quite a lot of Meadowsweet from this hide. I also saw my first of three Bittern…