An Unreliable History of Birdwatching (42) by Paul Thomas
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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
Saturday cartoon by Ralph Underhill
Wild food (26) – Scarlet Elf Cups by Ian Carter
These are, admittedly, towards the gimmicky end of the wild food spectrum but they are indeed edible (despite what some older books say) and they are so startlingly attractive that I think they deserve a mention. And, actually, they don’t taste too bad at all if cooked for long enough to soften them up a…
Statement from Derbyshire Wildlife Trust
A blog from the rather good Tim Birch, of the rather good Derbyshire Wildlife Trust, on the National Trust decision on grouse shooting on their land in the Dark Peak.
Bird Photographer of the Year 2018 – judging today
I’m off to London today to help judge the Bird Photographer of the Year awards for 2018. I was a judge last year and I’m looking forward to doing it one more time. The fellow judges are either clever or good fun or both and I’m looking forward to another interesting time. By the time…