Remarkable Birds has been my highest-earning book to date – at least as far as payments from publishers are concerned (I never keep track of the sales I make of books at talks etc, at least not by title). Having been published in English, French, Spanish, Chinese and Russian that’s probably about it although there…
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A message about A Message from Martha
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Dear Mark Apologies for the sudden email from a random stranger. However, unknown for me, I felt compelled to contact to congratulate and thank you your excellent book on the extinction the Passenger Pigeon which I’ve just finished. As a lover of the natural world ( and fascinated by extinct birds) I wouldn’t say it…
Guest blog – Cambs Bird Club Easter Monday bird race (2) by Louise Bacon
This follows yesterday’s update. Louise writes: At the end of a tough twelve hours of lock-down bird race, I thought I’d give a summary. At least 30 people participated (the data entry is online, so I dont know all the answers yet) across Cambridgeshire. The top count for 11 hours of home-based birding and an…
Guest blog – Conservation community hit hard by COVID-19 by Kristi Foster of Conservation Careers
Kristi Foster is Head of Engagement for Conservation Careers, a major careers advice centre for conservationists – helping over 200,000 conservationists across the globe achieve career success. Conservation Careers believes that all wildlife is beautiful and that it deserves great conservationists working to protect it. Conservation community hit hard by COVID-19: Why the planet’s guardians…
The Lockdown Nature-writing Challenge
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Across the world, people are experiencing a shared concern for themselves and their loved ones and many are enduring a period of social distancing and being cut off from wildlife. But, also, many are discovering nature around them in ways that are giving them delight and solace. Humankind has never had this experience before. There…