Press release – HS2 and Barbastelles from Leigh Day

Rare bats sightings mean continuing HS2 works could be criminal offence Leigh Day lawyers have written a second letter to HS2 Limited to call for a halt to works at Jones Hill Wood, Buckinghamshire since the discovery of Barbastelle bats at the location. On behalf of his client’s concern at the sightings in Jones Hill…

Waxwings?

Every few years we have a Waxwing winter when these highly attractive birds turn up in numbers and strip the berries from Rowan trees all over the place and Cotoneaster bushes in Tesco car parks. Waxwings come here in years of Waxwing abundance and berry-scarcity in Scandinavia. They are superb birds and all the more…

Guest blog – Fair Isle Memories by David Parkin

David Parkin was born in Sheffield and raised on Tyneside. He started birding at age 12 and decided to study Zoology after hearing talks by Denis Summers-Smith and John Coulson as a teenager. After a short spell at Edinburgh he moved to Nottingham in 1971, remaining there for the rest of his career (choose your…

Badger petition update (6) – three weeks

End of Week 3 and our e-petition has passed 64,000 signatures at a rate of 1,300+ signatures/day for the last week. Derbyshire Dales still leads the list and has passed the 400 signatures milestone. Stroud has reached 300 signatures. Last Thursday there were 10 constituencies with over 200 signatures now there are 24. And it’s…

Press release – Garfield Weston Foundation

Public and funders still don’t understand urgent need to act on climate crisis – new report Charities say they are struggling to persuade the public of need to act rapidly on environmental issues Environmental organisations are struggling to communicate the sheer scale and complexity of the climate crisis to the public and funders. That’s according…