Dear Minister You ought to be thinking of replying to our latest e-petition calling for a ban on driven grouse shooting – we have now been waiting for over three weeks for a response. In that period, though, the e-petition has gained another 17,000+ signatures. You should be aware that the campaign to end driven…
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
Are farmers bonkers?
Tomorrow we will find out whether farmers, in the shape of the NFU, are completely bonkers? As has been rehearsed here already, some Brexiteers, including my MP, seem to think that we would continue to pay farmers lots of money just because we are in thrall to them, if we left the EU. This scenario…
Sunday book review – Fingers in the Sparkle Jar by Chris Packham
If you are expecting a book of rather sweet wildlife tales from your favourite TV personality then this book may not be for you. This is a brave and powerful book. It’s brave because it is a self-portrait of a rather weird kid – not good with people and not a bundle of laughs, it…
Where was I? The answer.
I spent some time in France, in the Languedoc, and mostly in the Aude and Herault. Very nice too, although we discovered the Tramontane wind. Not Spain or Portugal – but almost as good and not so far away. 133 species of birds in four days at a civilised pace with good food, good…
Where was I – 5?
I spent four days abroad last week – birdwatching, drinking red wine, eating oysters and having a great time with friends. Where might I have been? Here are a series of teasing clues, I hope, to get you thinking. Answer at 1800. Clue 7: there was a passage of Black Kites, Buzzards, Osprey and Marsh…
Where was I – 4?
I spent four days abroad last week – birdwatching, drinking red wine, eating oysters and having a great time with friends. Where might I have been? Here are a series of teasing clues, I hope, to get you thinking. One more clue at 1600 and then the answer at 1800. Clue 6: we saw Yellow-legged…
Where was I – 3?
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I spent four days abroad last week – birdwatching, drinking red wine, eating oysters and having a great time with friends. Where might I have been? Here are a series of teasing clues, I hope, to get you thinking. More clues at 1500 and 1600 and then the answer at 1800. Clue 5: we saw…
Where was I – 2?
I spent four days abroad last week – birdwatching, drinking red wine, eating oysters and having a great time with friends. Where might I have been? Here are a series of teasing clues, I hope, to get you thinking. More clues at 1400, 1500 and 1600 and then the answer at 1800. Clue 2: we…
Where was I – 1?
I spent four days abroad last week – birdwatching, drinking red wine, eating oysters and having a great time with friends. Where might I have been? Here are a series of teasing clues, I hope, to get you thinking. More clues at 1300, 1400, 1500 and 1600 and then the answer at 1800. Clue 1:…
25,000 signatures to ban driven grouse shooting!
You are all amazing – thank you for such support for this e-petition to create a better future for our uplands and their wildlife and people. 25,000 signatures in less than four weeks – how amazing is that? On the very first of these e-petitions we reached 22,399 signatures in over 10 months. I thought…