The Zeiss Yorkshire Terriers are: Mark Pearson, Filey-birder, blogger, speaker, wildlife guide, musician and team captain. Rich Baines, former Flamborough stalwart, ecologist with Wold Ecology, co-owner and leader of Yorkshire Coast Nature, North York Moors Turtle Dove project manager. Darren Woodhead, incredible bird artist – need we say more?! …
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
Guy Shorrock – Plastic Perils and Penguins
Guy writes: This is perhaps not the most appealing image but I believe the ability of photographs to convey meaningful messages is their most important value. Recently, there has been huge concern being expressed about the levels of plastic polluting our oceans with an estimated eight million tonnes being dumped annually. The effects range from…
Wild food (28) – Navelwort by Ian Carter
This distinctive member of the stonecrop family is common along hedgerows, pathways and springing up from crevices in walls and rocks. It is mainly restricted to the south and west, and seems to be especially abundant close to the sea – the long-distance south-west coast path is a great place to find it. If conditions…
Sunday book review – A Wild Life by Anthony Milbank
Sir Anthony Milbank who passed away in 2016 was a lovely man whose family’s grouse moor is at Barningham on the North Yorkshire/Durham border. He started this project, a photographic record of the impressive wildlife of his grouse moor, and the book was completed by the family after his passing. The words are by…
Tim Melling – Red Panda
If you search Red Panda for images on the internet almost all are captive “zoo” animals. So it would appear that photos of genuine Red Pandas taken in the wild are pretty rare. The Red Panda has been classified as endangered by IUCN since 2008 because there are fewer than 10,000 mature individuals and the…
Apologies
Both Ralph’s and Paul’s cartoons are delayed due to Mark being in an attractive part of Sussex (although it is dark as I write this) which is so attractive that there is no WiFi and no phone signal.
Defra maintains destructive ambiguity
You may remember that the Defra response to Gavin Gamble’s e-petition to ban driven grouse shooting referred in an alarming way to control of problem species. I asked Defra what they meant and have only just (yesterday) received a response. Here it is: Dear Dr Avery, Thank you for your email of 27 November about…
Craven Herald
The Craven Herald is based in Skipton, grouse-shooting country. Here are two recent stories, both by their Senior Reporter, Clive White. Family terror as dog is snatched by bird of prey – you have to read quite a way into the article before you realise that this is a falconer’s bird, and nowhere are you…
It may be May
Raptor Persecution UK today maintain their excellent record of unearthing the details of the friendly and collaborative manner in which the Moorland Association has always dealt with their partners in fighting wildlife crime. This case is an alleged email sent a long time ago, in 2010, by the then Peak District representative of the Moorland…
Nottingham
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I’m heading up the railway line to Nottingham today to an event for young people organised by the Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust. Of course I’m looking forward to it. Here is a link to the Nottingham for Nature manifesto that has been produced by young people in the city. Looks pretty good to me.