You must read this account of Findlay Wilde’s visit to Downing St to talk to Sir John Randall, the environment advisor to the Number 10 Policy Unit. Findlay is a good advocate and I’m sure that he and John got on well. I was fascinated by some of the remarks that John was happy for…
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No comment never looks that good
My question to Defra 0n 21 November: What is the status of the complaint made by the RSPB and Ban the Burn campaigners of Hebden Bridge against the UK government and to the European Commission regarding management practices on grouse moors? When will Defra make a public comment on the case? Defra’s response to me…
Climate and UK birds
The focus on climate change in the SUKB report published today is a very useful stock-check. It has prompted me to go back and look at one of my ‘favourite’ books, published 10 years ago, A Climatic Atlas of European Breeding Birds by Rhys Green of the RSPB and Brian Huntley, Yvonne Collingham and Stephen…
Impacts of climate change on UK birds
The distribution, numbers and behaviour of birds in the UK are changing because of a changing climate according to a new report. The State of the UK’s Birds 2017 (SUKB) – the one-stop shop for all the latest results from bird surveys and monitoring studies – this year highlights how many of the UK’s species are already…
The first two months – more than 50 with more than 50 signatures
Gavin Gamble’s e-petition to ban driven grouse shooting keeps making significant progress. On 2 December – that’s two months in and four months to go – it passed 17, 200 signatures and now it’s over 17,600. Highlights: Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey passed 100 signatures. The number of constituencies with 50+ signatures has jumped from…