Dr Malcolm Smith

Malcolm Smith, a professional biologist and established author on wildlife and travel who has held senior positions in conservation.

[Dr Malcolm Smith @DrMalcolmSmith]

Excellent news from Scotland. All grousemoor owners will have to be licenced. Trapping of so called pests such as foxes banned. Grousemoor owners and their gamekeepers are clearly incapable of adhering to the law and stop killing protected birds such as Hen Harriers and eagles.

[FarmingUK @FarmingUK]

Simple explanation by @thatwelshfarmer about what the Welsh government are trying to do to farmers 👇🚜

[Dr Malcolm Smith @DrMalcolmSmith]

@MarkCocker2 If even the CEO of Chester Zoo, one of the more enlightened, thinks like this, then what's the attitude of the many inadequately funded zoos where a majority of their animals are kept in very restricted spaces and often poor conditions? And please don't justify it with education.

[Dr Malcolm Smith @DrMalcolmSmith]

@JamesCleverly The EU has made a big financial commitment to help get the Treaty over the line. The UK must follow their lead. We must not waste this chance to secure a strong Global Ocean Treaty!

[Dr Malcolm Smith @DrMalcolmSmith]

If only Truss had read this and not Gove, maybe she might have understood why what little is left of Britain's farmland wildlife will only survive and expand if area based payments are abolished and an Environmental Land Management scheme adopted on all farms.

[Dr Malcolm Smith @DrMalcolmSmith]

@DaveGoulson @Natures_Voice Don't forget that this horror applies only in England thanks to these right wingers who consider themselves a Government. I don't know about Scotland but I'm positive that our Welsh Government will not be going down such a reckless road!

[Dr Malcolm Smith @DrMalcolmSmith]

@Jeremy_Hunt @NHSuk JeremyHunt says he is concerned at our shortage of GPs. So why, when he was Sos for Health, did he not increase the allocation of 7,500 medical training places per annum. He didn't.

[Dr Malcolm Smith @DrMalcolmSmith]

Now we have the evidence to prove the damaging impact of released pheasants on wildlife. A Belgian study shows that pheasant release areas are almost devoid of reptiles compared with pheasant-free areas. Importantly, no Slow-worms survive where pheasants are released.

[Dr Malcolm Smith @DrMalcolmSmith]

I just signed the petition calling on Culture Secretary @NadineDorries to scrap her damaging plans to sell off Channel 4 to a private buyer! Can you add your name too? https://t.co/2ucHL4hQCy

[Dr Malcolm Smith @DrMalcolmSmith]

@guyshrubsole @LostRainforests @leeinthelakes @ZacGoldsmith @BenGoldsmith @DefraGovUK @TonyJuniper @MarianSpain @MegTreth @GeorgeMonbiot @RobGMacfarlane It might be a useful general guide but don't let's fall into the trap of planting native broadleaves everywhere. There are species dependent on bracken and scrub covered hill slopes. We must be selective.

[Dr Malcolm Smith @DrMalcolmSmith]

Did you know that there's an annual award for the oddest book title? It's run by Literary Hub in the US and The Bookseller in the UK.
My "HATS: A VERY UNNATURAL HISTORY" is one of the 6 shortlisted.
Doesn't seem an odd title to me. What does anyone else think??

[Dr Malcolm Smith @DrMalcolmSmith]

Prime Minister @LeeHsienLoong, Singapore has shown it cares about people with intellectual disabilities. Naga is one of those people - and his condition seems worse than ever. Please will you spare his life? #SaveNagaenthran

[Dr Malcolm Smith @DrMalcolmSmith]

Disgraceful. Is he being influenced by a few farmers who always refer to themselves as "the guardians of the countryside"? What a joke that is. Next election, make sure he is voted out.

[Iolo Williams @IoloWilliams2]

Shame on you @craig4monty. Too spineless to go against your party and stand up for your constituents.

[Iolo Williams @IoloWilliams2]

Shame on you @craig4monty. Too spineless to go against your party and stand up for your constituents.

[Dr Malcolm Smith @DrMalcolmSmith]

@_Ivan_Ramirez Sounds brilliant but avocados require enormous quantities of water to grow. So what are the environmental consequences of growing them in Ethiopia? More desertification? More dried up streams? More depletion of aquifers?

[Iván Ramírez @_Ivan_Ramirez]

Food Heroes: Ethiopian avocado farmer’s ‘transformational’ crop https://t.co/RmhrIn6V6r

[Dr Malcolm Smith @DrMalcolmSmith]

The important issue is whether Natural England is going to make a stand with its opposition....or give up under UK Government pressure. Lets see Tony Juniper galvanise some necessary action.....

[Sophie Leguil @SLeguil]

Devastating to see plans for the London Resort moving forward. A death sentence for estuary biodiversity, from rare plants to migratory birds that rely on few remaining wild areas of the Thames. Despite SSSI status and campaigning, I fear it'll happen😢 https://t.co/OwouPzzqZg

[Sophie Leguil @SLeguil]

Devastating to see plans for the London Resort moving forward. A death sentence for estuary biodiversity, from rare plants to migratory birds that rely on few remaining wild areas of the Thames. Despite SSSI status and campaigning, I fear it'll happen😢 https://t.co/OwouPzzqZg

[Dr Malcolm Smith @DrMalcolmSmith]

@steviesteve181 Divorce or no divorce, at least he's reading one of the best books to address what's gone wrong in our countryside and how we might get our farmland plants and animals back again.
https://t.co/UxW6DRU6No
#Wildlifetrusts #RSPB #friends_earth #MagazineBq

[Stevie W @steviesteve181]

Michael Gove and Sarah Vine to divorce.