Standing up for Nature
A sharp-eyed reader of this blog, bravely venturing ‘up north’, noticed A Message from Martha in Harrogate’s Waterstones and wondered whether it was in the right section – what do you think? And our North America correspondent send this image of a second hand copy of A Message from Martha on…
Still writing to an end-January deadline so little time for reading. Here instead is an email from America, forwarded to me by my publisher: Hello, Mark I just finished reading A MESSAGE FROM MARTHA…I have overwhelming sadness at the destruction of such a prolific bird, and I have anger mixed with sadness for the ignorance…
I’m very happy to share the Sunday Express Bird Book of the year with Martin Garner’s Challenge Series Autumn. Martin is a great birder who is helping other birders by sharing his knowledge. But following a mention in yesterday’s Guardian of A Message from Martha in the category of best nature literature of 2014 it…
I know that quite a few people are hoping that they receive A Message from Martha as a Christmas present. Please don’t let them be disappointed… It was nice (for me anyway) to see that A Message from Martha was listed by Stephen Moss in the Guardian as one of the best examples of nature…
I’ve never been to the North West Birdwatching Festival before and I’m looking forward to it. I’m giving a talk in the middle of the day which will start with Passenger Pigeons and end with Hen Harriers. But I am also looking forward to seeing a few birds – there will be birds won’t there?…