Mary Colwell is an award winning radio, TV and internet producer winning 14 awards over the last 5 years, including a Sony Gold in 2009. She is also a radio presenter and feature writer for The Tablet. Mary has written three previous guest blogs here (A Natural History GCSE, 23 November 2012; Shared Planet, 15…
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Guest blog – Graveney Marshes by Rosalind Coward
Ros Coward is an author, journalist, Emerita Professor of Journalism and nature lover. She was a columnist on the Guardian for many years often writing on environmental issues. She is author of, amongst other books, The Whole Truth: the myth of alternative health (Faber) and Nature Matters; collected articles on the environment (Desman Books). The…
Guest blog – Hunting Crimes in Devon (2) by Ian Carter
Traditional pack of hounds and riders on Dartmoor 2014. There is no suggestion intended that the individuals who appear in this image were, are, or ever have been engaged in illegal activities. I wrote Fox Hunting Crimes on Mark’s blog back in April, based on my eye-opening experience of living in mid-Devon for two hunting…
The Worst month – February by Louise Bacon
This blog asked you to write about either the best month of the year or the worst. The winner of the ‘Worst Month’ category is Louise Bacon with her entry ‘February’. Louise wins a copy of my book Remarkable Birds. The winner of the ‘Best Month’ category will be published next Sunday. Louise writes: I…
Guest blog – NE, Badgers and Judgement by Dominic Woodfield
Dominic Woodfield is the Managing Director of Bioscan, a long established and well respected consultancy specialising in applied ecology. He is a life-long birder, a specialist in botany, habitat restoration and creation and in protected fauna including bats, herpetofauna and other species. He is also a highly experienced practitioner in Environmental Impact Assessment and Habitats…
Guest blog – It’s Another Petition by Anthony Britner.
Anthony is a 29 year old (at the time of writing) natural history enthusiast, birdwatcher, trainee ringer and graduate zoologist from North Wales. Anthony can be found on Twitter via @AnthonyJBritner This guest blog is about another of those “anti-shooting petitions”. This time, it’s a petition to the Welsh assembly to “Introduce a Licence to…
Guest blog: Fake eggs, fake news and guillemots by Tim Birkhead
Tim Birkhead is professor of Zoology at the University of Sheffield. He’s been studying guillemots on Skomer Island, and elsewhere for over 40 years. There is an interview of Tim in Behind More Binoculars. Most of his research has been on the mating systems of birds, but after seeing the guillemot’s egg feature on a…
Guest blog – Coul Links by Jonny Hughes
Jonny Hughes in 1993 at Coul Links while working as a summer warden for the Scottish Wildlife Trust. The dunes were a wildlife reserve under a 25 year agreement with Cambusmore Estate in those days but the estate unfortunately decided not to renew the agreement and the triple protected site is now imminently threatened by…
Guest blog – rewilding a step too far? by Ian Carter
There is much discussion about the potential for restoring species lost as a result of human persecution. Some have already made their return and our landscapes are all the better for it. After only a few decades since their reintroduction, a trip to the Chilterns without seeing Red Kites or to north-west Scotland without seeing…
Guest blog – Local tours for local people… by Ian Parsons
I read the recent comments about wildlife tour companies and Iceland, following a blog on the Birdfair that Mark then converted into a blog, with interest (see also further later comments). I run a small wildlife tour business myself and therefore found it particularly relevant to what I do. I would like to point out…