BBC Wildlife Magazine July 2007

Post by **Pete Eeles** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 9:23 pm

... has a major article on the "Top 20 Conservationists". And who should we see at number 10 ... but Butterfly Conservation's very own Martin Warren. Pretty amazing given the "competition". Well done Martin!

Jeremy Thomas, of Large Blue fame, is in the 21-50 category, along with celebs such as Bill Oddie, Nick Baker and Chris Packham.

David Attenborough is at number 2, with a surprise "winner" at number 1. Well, I was surprised!

Cheers,

- Pete

Bryan H · Post by **Bryan H** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 9:07 pm

Aaawh...come on, Pete!

Tell us who was number 1!

Bryan

Post by **Pete Eeles** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 9:29 pm

HRH Prince Charles

Apparently, down to the impact he has worldwide.

Cheers,

- Pete

Bryan H · Post by **Bryan H** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 10:07 pm

Well, if you had his wealth, privilege and influence, conservation would be a pretty fine use to make of it.

Charlie's favourite butterfly...?

Limenitis camilla

Most fitting with his naval background as well!

Bryan

eccles · Post by **eccles** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 10:13 pm

Well, I was surprised!

Me too.
He promotes organic farming methods but his lifestyle is hardly carbon neutral. Flying 3000 miles to collect a conservation award recently was pretty self defeating too.

Gruditch · Post by **Gruditch** » Fri Jun 15, 2007 6:07 am

Don't get me wrong I like Charles, but I can't see that he's the number one conservationist in the UK. A bit ironic, when you consider how many animals and birds his family members have killed down the years, in the name of sport.

Gruditch

Gruditch · Post by **Gruditch** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 6:29 pm

I see the son of the UKs number one conservationist, has been questioned by the police over the shooting of two Hen Harriers.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/engl ... 070362.stm

Gruditch