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I’d be very surprised if your mindset and mood haven’t changed a bit in the last week, maybe particularly in the last 24 hours. The world is a different place. So, what to write about in times of corona? Some of the things that I normally write about won’t happen (my diary is emptying rather…

Mark Robins – a more or less full working life in and around nature NGOs and agencies various –  mostly in South West England and especially for the RSPB. Moved to Ireland in 2018 and for a year led the BirdWatch Ireland Conservation & Policy team and is now a freelance natural environment and sustainable…

I’m afraid that I won’t be attending our Appeal hearing tomorrow – along with some of the legal team there are personal reasons connected to coronavirus for me being absent and the government advice has certainly become a lot clearer about travelling. I feel bad about this as I want to be there (who knows…

Our wildlife conservation organisations are small, medium or large businesses within one very particular sector. I ‘phoned around a few of them today to ask what they are doing as a result of coronavirus. Just about all of them said that they were sticking to government guidelines – and they are all waiting for, and…

Back in 2016 I was a member of a Champions of the Flyway team in a rather special bird race in Israel (see here). Birders from all over the world gather in Eilat, Israel and compete in a very friendly way to see the most birds in a 24-hour period. And they raise money for…