Gordon Yates is a photographer who has been an RSPB member for 60 years and a ringer with BTO for 41 years. He is credited with discovering the population of Hen Harriers on Islay in the 1970s and by 1983 proved that there were up to 50 pairs breeding. (In 1989 Gordon ringed 86 pulli…
Category: Guest blog
Guest Blog by Ed Hutchings, ex-shooter
Born in East Anglia, but raised in the Arabian Gulf, Ed Hutchings was always going to have two things – itchy feet and an inquisitive mind. After leaving university with a degree in hospitality, he embarked on a career as a sommelier for a decade, working at various Michelin-star restaurants; in the process winning the…
Guest blog – A change in farming by Peter Cooper
Peter Cooper is a 21 year old naturalist, writer, zoology student and avid badger watcher. He has written both whimsical nature writing and ‘proper’ environmental journalism on his personal blog and for The Independent. Peter is currently going into his third year at the University of Exeter Cornwall Campus, where he is the editor in…
Guest blog – State of Nature by Ian Carter
Ian Carter has worked as an ornithologist for more than 25 years. He was involved with the Red Kite reintroduction programme in England and has a keen interest in the conservation of raptors, bird reintroductions and wildlife management more generally. He is particularly interested in what might be called the culture of nature conservation and…
Guest blogs
Guest blogs – get in touch if you’d like to write one. I can’t promise I’ll say yes until I see it – but that seems fair. These are the Guest blogs published here so far this year: The Good Intentions Paving Company by Tim Bidie (aka Monro) 14 January Shared Planet by Mary Colwell-Hector…