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Tim writes: the Saker Falcon (Falco cherrug) is a very large falcon of plains and steppes across Eurasia, that feeds largely on small mammals.  This is subspecies milvipes (which means kite-footed) which breeds across the steppes of Asia but winters further south, including China.  I photographed this one above 3500m on the Tibetan Plateau where…

Legal protection for Scotland’s beavers welcomed by conservation charities The two lead partners in the Scottish Beaver Trial – the Scottish Wildlife Trust and the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) – welcome the announcement made this morning (23 February) by the Scottish Government that legislation giving beavers legal protection will come into force later…

Yesterday’s Guardian story about the scale of licenses given out by Natural England for killing otherwise protected birds builds on the earlier revelations in the blog of Jason Endfield. The number of birds, eggs and nests involved (170,000) does look eye-wateringly large and the public reaction has been similarly large. My view, as expressed here…

At the time of writing, 11 MPs have joined the Independent Group: eight from Labour and three from the Conservatives. They haven’t yet formed a political party but they are a fascinating grouping who have little in common except starting off as Remainers. But have you noticed that there are seven women and just four…