Now I’ve been a wildlife freak almost all of my 72 years and for much of my working life, it was part, even if sometimes tangentially of what I did. My main interest is/was raptors but not to the exclusion of anything else, if it flies, crawls, walks, swims, slithers or just flowers I’m interested…
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
Guest blog – The Poundbury for Nature Wellbeing Project by Miles King
Miles King has worked in nature conservation for over 35 years. For the last eight he has run the charity People Need Nature, which promotes the sensory emotional and spiritual values of nature in people’s everyday lives. He tweets far too often as @milesking10 and also writes the occasional blog at www.anewnatureblog.com The Poundbury for…
Guest blog – The Cover of Reflections by Rachel Hudson.
Rachel Hudson is a natural history illustrator gaining wider recognition for her collaborations with conservation partners to champion species at risk. In 2022 she graduated with an MA in Illustration with full distinctions from Falmouth University. Since then, she has worked with the National Trust, Iceberg Press and is currently illustrating a book about the…
Swift Awareness Week
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70 events celebrate the amazing SwiftUK Swift Awareness Week, which starts on Saturday 1 July, has 70 events running across the UK, from Devon to Aberdeenshire and from North Wales to East Sussex.It precedes the parliamentary debate on 10th July about the installation of nest sites for red listed urban birds like the swift in all…
RSPB/WTs/NT press release
Photo: Andy Hay/RSPB New study finds at least £4.4bn a year needed for nature and climate-friendly farming to meet legal targets UK and devolved governments must invest at least £4.4bn a year in nature and climate-friendly farming to meet environmental commitments. The RSPB, The Wildlife Trusts and the National Trust are calling for…