Guest blog – Fighting for the Soul of Swanscombe by Dave Clark

Dave Clark is an ornithologist with an MSc in Ornithology from the University of Birmingham and environmental campaigner with a particular interest in the interactions between birds and humans. Dave is keen to spread the word about the importance of urban areas for wildlife and improving our engagement with nature. Dave’s previous two guest blogs here…

Lockdown2 birdlist – not much progress

In the first week of Lockdown2 I saw 27 bird species. I saw all of them again this week (except LTTit and Green Woodpecker) but I brought the cumulative list up to 29 with Herring Gull and Rook. It’s not quite like sprng, is it?!

Forestry and Land Scotland – also Jay friendly

Forestry England don’t kill Jays themselves on their 250,000 ha and it’s clear they don’t let many others do it either. When I asked Forestry and Land Scotland about their policy they replied very quickly with; Hi Mark FLS does not cull jays on Scotland’s national forests and land – and our records indicate that…

Forestry England – friendly to Jays

Forestry England manages 1500 forests for us in England covering 250,000 ha of land. that’s a lot of forest, managed for timber, access, recreation and wildlife. So, I wondered how much Jay-killing goes on by Forestry England under the terms of the general licences (particularly as DEFRA has failed to remove Jay from the English…

North Northants will fly a Red Kite

This is the propsed logo for the new county of North Northamptonshire from April next year. This is a modified version of one of the logos which was proposed back in the summer. I’m very happy with this and although this wouldn’t have been my preferred option it is an improved version of my second…