I’m getting feedback from many people about how disappointed they are with the NT position on grouse shooting on their land – the land whose purchase and management we, as NT members, have funded. One guy told me of a conversation he had with a NT staff member where he was told that ‘the upland…
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
Thunderous Findlay
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With 10 days to go, Findlay Wilde’s thunderclap has passed 7.5m social reach – how high can we get it? Well, we could certainly get the social reach up even higher if all the potential RSPB and Wildlife Trust Twitter accounts signed up and I’m hoping they will soon because I told Findlay I’d do…
US hunters – way ahead of ours!
A bit more reading for Fareshare and Ian Botham (see earlier blog post). The antisocial nature of shooting a poisonous element into food – especially food that you give away to poor people – has long been recognised by US hunters who, dare I say it, do not always appear to be the most flexible…
England is 320 pairs of Hen Harrier short of potential
News on the RSPB Skydancer blog reveals that this year there were 3 successful Hen Harrier nests in England (out of 7 attempts) – they produced 10 fledged young. Considering this was generally regarded as an excellent vole year – whereas 2016 was a poor vole year – the standstill in Hen Harrier breeding numbers…
Fareshare – have you done due diligence on game meat?
Following Ian Botham’s car crash radio interview yesterday it is worth considering the whole business of donating shot game to the poor and needy. Sounds like a good idea but things are often more complicated than they seem. We can learn from US experience. The Country Food Trust is donating meals containing shot game to…