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Yesterday I spent some time looking out from my front door as the school children were heading to school. They didn’t seem to me to be whining but some had shining faces and many did have satchels or their modern equivalents (see here) but there were definitely fewer of them than usual. And I wondered…

One of the three Appeal Court judges, Sir Patrick Elias, was taken ill over the lunch break and the case has been stopped.  Obviously, I send Sir Patrick my every best wish for a full and speedy recovery. None of us knows the details of the illness but it occurred at a time when rumours…

Our appeal against the judgment of Justice Lang is being heard today and tomorrow in Court 69 of the Royal Courts of Justice. I’m disappointed not to be there but I’ve had an update from our legal team. Our barrister, David Wolfe QC was first to make submissions and those were finished just before lunch…

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…