Yesterday’s blog ended before 9am on Tuesday morning with pine marten off the bucket list. But there was more… I spent more time enjoying the pine forest but then headed off. I stopped at Nethy Bridge and looked for dippers from the attractive stone bridge, but with no luck. Then it was off over the…
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Timing
Do you have a bucket list– a list of things you want to do before you kick the bucket? I’ve just taken one off my list as I saw a much-wanted species in Abernethy Forest earlier this week. Timing is everything with wildlife isn’t it? Being in the wrong place at the wrong time clearly…
Great new Elizabethan naturalists – thoughts from Mark Avery
This was a fun poll – well, I enjoyed it anyway. I’m not surprised that Sir David Attenborough won – he is an impressive man who has motivated and inspired so many to care for the natural world. He cannot but be a worthy winner. But he didn’t get my vote – that went to…
New Elizabethan naturalists – thoughts from Tom Oliver.
Our poll still has a day to run as I write, so I shouldn’t draw conclusions based on the exact number of votes cast for each of our twelve New Elizabethan Naturalists. What I can say is that I am very glad we did the poll for two main reasons. First, it has been an…
Great new Elizabethan naturalists – the result
With over 800 votes cast, the final rankings were as follows: David Attenborough 270 votes Peter Scott 211 votes Gerald Durrell 111 votes Derek Ratcliffe 89 votes Norman Moore 55 votes Max Nicholson 33 votes Jane Goodall 33 votes David Lack 28 votes Miriam Rothschild 25 votes James Fisher 6 votes Tony Soper 6 votes…