This book is really quite annoying. It’s annoying because it has some really good parts but it lacks structure of any sort. Most sentences are perfect but many paragraphs are a collection of sentences that are poorly linked together. I often got to the end of a paragraph and went back to try to…
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
Tim Melling – Harlequins
Tim writes: I think Harlequins are one of the most beautiful ducks in the world. They breed in Iceland, Greenland, northern North America and eastern Asia. These two were floating in the surf off the Vancouver Island coast. I have always found them to be quite unapproachable, which might explain their scientific name (Histrionicus histrionicus),…
An Unreliable History of Birdwatching (35) by Paul Thomas
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Saturday cartoon by Ralph Undrhill
This cartoon has been used at around the time of Black Friday before – we approve of recycling.
Bird Photographer of the Year
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I’m looking forward to being a judge of this competition for another year – it was fun last year. If you are a photographer with some great images that would fit into the categories of this competition then have a look through your images and consider entering. Yes, the standard is high but you…