Thank you to many of you who have let me know that you have submitted evidence to the House of Commons Petitions Committee inquiry into grouse shooting. You have today, tomorrow and Wednesday to do the same. There will be few more powerful pieces of evidence than this one from Alan Stewart. Thank you Alan!…
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Oscar Dewhurst – Lion
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Oscar writes: I’ve just got back from a field course by my Biology course at Durham University which was held at a game reserve in South Africa. The work was pretty full on for the 10 days I was there, but we did have a couple of afternoons off where we did game drives in…
Writing competition – International Wildlife winner, Hugh Webster
Hugh Webster is the winner of the International Category in this blog’s writing competition. A copy of Remarkable Birds is in the post to him. Hugh writes: I recently took a break from teaching and returned to work for the Botswana Predator Conservation Trust (on twitter @BPCTcamp) as a research coordinator, living and working in…
An early review of Remarkable Birds
Thank you to Matt Merritt for this review in that other birdwatching (actually, Birdwatching) magazine. Remarkable Birds by Mark Avery is published by Thames and Hudson.
Tim Melling – Orcas
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Tim writes: Orcas are amazing animals that live in family groups where every animal is a blood relative, so no spouses allowed. Each family group has distinctive vocalisations that they recognise, so they can socialise with groups they get on with, and avoid those they don’t. Liaisons between groups are when they mate, but animals…