This is an abundant food source in years when the seed sets well, and it supports huge numbers of birds and mammals in Beech-dominated woodland. It’s true the seeds are small but it’s the numbers that are important. This year, locally, I’ve found a rough average of 30-40 per square metre under mature trees based…
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
Sustainable dilemmas (3) – my old car
My car is over 13 years old, and I’ve had it for around eight years. It still has a dent in it from where a Muntjac Deer ran in front of me. I’m afraid it’s a diesel, so it’s polluting in terms of greenhouse gas emissions and in terms of human health risks. That’s not…
Guy Shorrock – Puffin
The ‘Clown of the Sea’ is no laughing matter The Atlantic Puffin – familiar, comical and extraordinarily popular. During my bird watching youth I considered this a common species. So, within my short lifetime, it is hard to conceive the catastrophe that appears to be unfolding as populations of puffins and other familiar seabirds –…
An Unreliable History of Birdwatching (32) by Paul Thomas
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