Sheffield: Venue: Devonshire Green, Sheffield City Centre, S3 7SW Start: 11am Speakers: Natalie Bennett, Iolo Williams, Mark Avery, Ross Cameron For more info: Facebook Rainham Marshes: Venue: RSPB Rainham Marshes, Purfleet, RM19 1SZ Start: 11am Speakers: Chris Packham, Mark Thomas (RSPB), Rob Sheldon (BAWC) For more info: Facebook Tayside and Central Scotland: Venue:…
Year: 2017
National Meadow Day soundscape
Press release from People Need Nature: The charity People Need Nature celebrates National Meadow Day today by releasing a specially created soundscape evoking the lost Wildflower Meadows of England. 97% of all wildflower hay meadows in England have been lost since 1945. Just a few thousand hectares remain. People Need Nature Trustee Keith Datchler had…
Saturday cartoon by Ralph Underhill
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Pay up, Countryside Alliance!
I have permission to use this image of a Red Grouse by Tim Melling. The Countryside Alliance does not. Tim Melling is wondering where he should send his invoice please? He tells me that £500 would be an appropriate sum and that he’d like it to be a donation to Birders Against Wildlife Crime, perhaps…
Hen Harrier Day Sheffield, 5 August
Good news! Sheffield Environment is organising a Hen Harrier Day event in central Sheffield on Saturday 5 August. A big ‘Thank you!’ to them. I’ll be there, and at an event at Boat of Garten the next day. It wouldn’t be Hen Harrier day without a visit to the Peak District area. It’s a great…