At the BAWC conference I read out some accounts of illegal persecution that had not resulted in court cases, let alone convictions. They illustrate what is apparently happening, and also how difficult it is to get a conviction because of the circumstances of these crimes. This is the first of four such accounts I’ll publish…
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
Your top three happiness habits?
I bet something to do with nature is one of them – it is for many people (including me).
An eye-opener on optics
Ethical Consumer magazine has published a report on the links between optics companies (binoculars, telescopes, cameras) and hunting. It’s an eye-opener. Now I had occasionally thought about the fact that the people who make birdwatchers’ binoculars might well be selling the same or similar to hunters – and to be honest it has never worried…
Help save the Mountain Hare from GWCT
Mountain Hares rush to leave their worldly possessions to the GWCT – not! Adam Smith from the Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust in Scotland said that it was possible the dead hares in the photo below were “part of a sustainable harvest”. That’ll be a great relief to these Mountain Hares and they will be…
Mountain Hare leveret caught in a trap
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Original blog on this subject from August 2015. If this image of a Mountain Hare leveret caught in a gamekeeper’s trap upsets you, then please remember that this type of thing is going on in our National Parks wherever driven grouse shooting bumps up against Mountain Hares, and make your views known through this website…
Mountain Hares – ending up in a gamekeeper’s stink pit
If this image of dead Mountain Hares lying in a gamekeeper’s stink pit upsets you, then please remember that this type of thing is going on in our National Parks wherever driven grouse shooting bumps up against Mountain Hares and make your views known through this website on the future of our National Parks. You…
Protect the Mountain Hare in National Parks
If this image of a truckload of ‘inconvenient’ Mountain Hares in the Cairngorms National Park upsets you, then please make your views known by signing this e-petition to ban driven grouse shooting. You could also sign this e-petition asking Scottish ministers to protect the Mountain Hare.
Excellent BAWC conference
The second BAWC conference was even better than the excellent first one. Many thanks to the organisers and the sponsors (RSPB, Rare Bird Alert and League Against Cruel Sports) for doing such a great job. Henry is pictured above on board the SS Great Britain as the conference venue was right next to Brunel’s iron…
GWCT burningbloggate 3 – evasion, evasion, evasion
I had a feeling it was worth numbering these blogs! The hapless GWCT have been stung into responding to the questions posed here – but with evasion not with answers. Their slipping integrity slips further. GWCT say: Step 1 – We became aware that this paper had been made publicly available on Swansea University’s website….
GWCT burningbloggate 2 – questions, questions, questions
There was a bit of chatter at the weekend’s BAWC conference about the role of the GWCT in the continuing breaking of the embargo of a scientific paper about burning of heather that will not be published until 23 May. Most people just shrugged and said something rude about GWCT indicating their lack of respect…