It’s not an accident that a newspaper calling itself The Independent – and wanting to be forceful and influential – would have an eagle as its logo. So, that’s another dead eagle then. The Independent has been a pretty good newspaper over the years and it has also been a leading newspaper on environmental matters….
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
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In Israel
I am in Israel, in a Tel-Aviv hotel, overlooking the Mediterranean. Blogs are scheduled but comments will be moderated rather unpredictably.
Sixth prize?
Our book, Behind the Binoculars, came 6th in the Diagram Prize. How odd? The Diagram Prize is a proper book prize – for the oddest title of a book published in the previous year. We were miles away from winning with only 2.9% of the popular vote. And the winner was Too Naked for the…
10000 inside five days
Brilliant! Just brilliant! Thank you all!
Rory – will you do better this time?
I hope I’m not being too presumptuous in assuming that our e-petition to ban driven grouse shooting is likely to get to 10,000 signatures fairly soon – after all it is already at 9645 signatures. If it gets to 10000 before 1230pm Friday, which looks very likely, then it will have reached that mark on…
24 March 1900
On this day in 1900, the last wild Passenger Pigeon (perhaps) was shot in Ohio. It ended up in the Columbus Ohio History Center where it is still on display – and goes by the name of Buttons because when first stuffed, buttons were used for its eyes. Here are some lightly edited extracts from…
8000 signatures and the race to be the first 100-signature constituency
Our e-petition to ban driven grouse shooting has just passed 8000 signatures inside 72 hours – that’s fantastic! Thank you! (click here for up to date map of signatures). Which parliamentary constituency will first reach 100 signatures on our e-petition to secure a debate on the future of driven grouse shooting? Given the strong showing…
Good for them!
I will probably be voting to remain in the EU – although I am giving it quite a lot of thought. It’s not completely cut and dried. In the car on the way to Cheltenham one day last week (yes, thanks for asking – I had a great time and made money overall) the discussion…
Just six constituencies (and now five)
Hello out there! Does anybody know a friend in any of these six constituencies – the only ones that don’t have a single signature to ban driven grouse shooting at the moment: West Tyrone Sinn Fein Now has a signature Ealing North Labour Battersea Conservative Bexleyheath and Crayford Conservative Barking Labour Aldridge Brownhills Conservative…