Standing up for Nature
I’m looking forward to being a judge of this competition for another year – it was fun last year. If you are a photographer with some great images that would fit into the categories of this competition then have a look through your images and consider entering. Yes, the standard is high but you…
Scottish government press release: New group to focus on sustainability of driven-grouse moors. Membership of an independent group to ensure grouse moor management practices are sustainable and legally compliant has been confirmed. The new group will be led by Professor Alan Werrity, who previously chaired a Scottish Natural Heritage review into sustainable moorland management. It…
The Birdwatch Birders’ Choice Awards vote closes at the end of the month and so this weekend would be a good time to sift through the categories and choose your heroes and villains. They are quite difficult choices.
Back on 1 October I asked NE some questions. They asked for extra time to answer them and I had a response yesterday afternoon. The questions related to an excellent NE publication of 2008 entitled ‘A future for hen harriers in England?’ which it is well worth having a good look at, and asking yourself…
RSPB press release The winners of the sixth annual Nature of Scotland Awards, organised by RSPB, have been announced, in a celebration of the passionate and dedicated people fighting to save the country’s wildlife. Mike Dilger, ecologist and natural history presenter, hosted the event last night (Thursday 23 November) at the Sheraton Grand Hotel…