One of the most fascinating aspects of wild fungi is the huge diversity of different substances they contain and the alarmingly varied effects of their consumption. This is well illustrated by this pair of very similar species in the notorious Amanita group. One will provide you with an excellent meal, the other may well…
Year: 2017
Dr Coffey’s reading list (17)
Dr Therese Coffey is the junior minister at Defra. Now that Gavin Gamble’s e-petition in favour of banning driven grouse shooting has passed 10,000 signatures Dr Coffey will need to sign off a government response. In order that she does not make Defra look even more foolish than they do already I am providing a…
Not at all cool at Coul
You read about this proposed development here back in August 2016 but things are moving on. Media release from Buglife, Plantlife, Marine Conservation Society, Butterfly Conservation, RSPB and Scottish Wildlife Trust. Sutherland golf course proposals more environmentally damaging than Trump’s Aberdeenshire course warn conservationists Unique Coul Links would be destroyed An alliance…
Blue Planet 2 – programme 2
Blue Planet 2 hasn’t yet really gripped me. I’m not sure why not. The filming is amazing. The creatures are amazing. It must be me. Yesterday’s programme was fascinating as it revealed lots of species that have never been filmed before and which therefore were new to almost everyone. There were quite a lot of…
Dr Coffey’s reading list (16)
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Dr Therese Coffey is the junior minister at Defra. Now that Gavin Gamble’s e-petition in favour of banning driven grouse shooting has passed 10,000 signatures Dr Coffey will need to sign off a government response. In order that she does not make Defra look even more foolish than they do already I am providing a…