My mother-in-law, Pat Bishop, who has died aged 92, was revered in Mallorca as a wildlife pioneer, and was the driving force behind the creation of a national park at Albufera in Alcúdia, on the north of the island.
The park was created as the result of a campaign that Pat led for many years to save almost 4,000 acres of threatened wetlands – and the birds and often rare flora and fauna that depended on them. More than anyone else she persuaded the Balearic government to recognise the threat to the environment at Albufera, bringing over international conservationists such as Max Nicholson to support her.
