Tag: guy shorrock

  Eleonora’s falcon and a lady ahead of her time In the last couple of years I have been working for the RSPB on Cyprus during the autumn to help the authorities deal with the large scale of trapping of migrant birds on one of the British military bases. Encouragingly the annual monitoring report produced…

  Back in 2006 I had the opportunity to do an RSPB sabbatical colleagues to assist with some bird surveys in the Gola rainforest in Sierra Leone, West Africa.  This is the largest remnant of Upper Guinean Tropical Rainforest left in Sierra Leone.  It covers nearly 700 square kilometres with more than 330 bird species,…

Guy writes: This is perhaps not the most appealing image but I believe the ability of photographs to convey meaningful messages is their most important value. Recently, there has been huge concern being expressed about the levels of plastic polluting our oceans with an estimated eight million tonnes being dumped annually. The effects range from…

A remarkable traveller Guy writes: Christmas is a time for many things, including travelling as people move around the country to see friends and loved ones. Spare a thought then for the arctic tern. I am sure many will be aware of its epic annual migration from the top of the world to the bottom…

The ‘Clown of the Sea’ is no laughing matter The Atlantic Puffin – familiar, comical and extraordinarily popular. During my bird watching youth I considered this a common species. So, within my short lifetime, it is hard to conceive the catastrophe that appears to be unfolding as populations of puffins and other familiar seabirds –…

  Guy writes: Nature’s Clean-up Crew Vultures sometimes get a bad press, but these majestic birds are essential in cleaning up our landscape. A biological recycling team, vultures play a vital role in clearing away carcasses and preventing the spread of diseases like anthrax, rabies, tuberculosis and botulism. However, worldwide, vultures are considered one of…