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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
Martyn and Joe in Lush Northampton
I strolled into the Northampton branch of Lush this morning at 0910 and asked about this ‘Hen Harrier campaign thing’. Crikey was I impressed! Martyn was able to tell me loads – and all of it was right. He really knew his stuff although he clearly isn’t a ‘birder’. After we had got to the…
Lush cosmetics launch national Hen Harrier Day campaign
Hen Harriers come to the High Street thanks to Lush cosmetics. This week all Lush shops will have posters similar to that pictured above. The staff are briefed and customers will be asked to show their support for Hen Harriers in a variety of ways: sign our e-petition, send a postcard to HM The Queen…
Syngenta – we’re waiting…?
Dear Syngenta Why didn’t you release the data on neonics to Prof Jeremy Greenwood when he asked you for them? Yours sincerely Dr Mark Avery See earlier blog.
Return of Mr White…
Just when you thought it was safe to go back on the grouse moors…the return of Mr White and Reservoir Cats. Mr White retired from writing about 4 years ago, only to be tempted out of retirement to write the first Guest Blog on this site, but then, to all of our regret, he simply…
Last day to vote
…for the Fair to Nature farmer. I voted for Graham Birch but all these farmers look very good to me.
Read the BOU blog by Arjun Amar
Read the BOU blog by Arjun Amar. Good linmks to quite a few of the important scientific papers and a good rattle through the issues and proposed solutions.
Guest Blog – silence of the guns by Rob Yorke
Rob Yorke (@blackgull) is a hunter naturalist and rural commentator based in the Black Mountains of South Wales. He carries, at times, both a gun and binoculars and outlines below a possible scenario set in northern England after a ban on driven grouse shooting has been in force for a number of years. The characters…
Got the T-shirt
To all green blobs out there
It’s two and a half weeks since Owen Paterson went out with a rant about the Green Blob. It was a fairly remarkable outburst at the time and re-reading it hardly lessens the impact. Paterson’s hatred, for so it seems, for those who devote their lives to the environment is quite shocking. It’s also shocking…