I’m grateful to the growing number of people who have posted Guest Blogs on this site. So far, the following have occurred: ‘Mr White’ on the demise of the RSPB’s Mark Avery Peter Marren on the state of wildlife NGOs, statutory agencies and more. Ian Coghill on the work of the GWCT David Bullock on…
Category: Guest blog
Guest blog – Gary Burgess, a pigeon fancier
Hi all I’m Gary Burgess and I’m a Pigeon Fancier and would like to thank Mark for this opportunity to write this Blog. I grew up in the late sixties/seventies. It now seems such a long time ago, almost like the dark ages. I was fortunate back in those days to live in an urban…
Guest blog – Matthew Chatfield on maerl
Maerl. What’s that then? Chances are, you don’t know what maerl is, or why anyone else might care. Unless you live in Falmouth – in which case you have probably found out quite a lot about maerl recently. It’s a rare marine habitat which, like many other such habitats, is protected in the UK by…
Guest blog – NT’s Simon Pryor responds to events in the Peak District
A response to Mark Avery’s blog An everyday tale of country folk. Thanks Mark (!) for throwing down another gauntlet, for one of us in ‘Dame Fiona’s team” to pick up. I’m a relative newcomer to the Trust, but let me pick up this one, and tell you how I’ve found things on this highly…
Guest blog – Mark Infield – Feeling for nature
Mark Infield is the Director of Cultural Values and Conservation Programme, Fauna & Flora International. As a child I grew up exploring the fields and woodlands, ponds and streams where I lived. This was the starting point for a life-long engagement with nature and its conservation. My interest in nature and commitment to its conservation…