Standing up for Nature
The Scottish government announced today a case of bird flu in captive gamebirds near Glenrothes. in an email to stakeholders the Scottish government say: These gamebirds have never been wild and so can only have caught avian influenza on the establishment. and In light of evidence from the continent and ongoing high numbers of findings…
This job is pretty well hidden on the WWT website – it took me a while to find even though I’d been told it was there.
Lee Schofield is senior site manager at RSPB Haweswater, where partnership work with landowner United Utilities is aiming to find a balance between large-scale ecological restoration and hill farming in the Lake District National Park. He is also a nature writer, working on his first book which will be published by Penguin/Transworld in 2022. Lee…
See the Wild Justice blog for a copy of the letter giving DEFRA a prod.
New maps reveal how the UK could deliver the 2 billion trees recommended by government advisors New research analysing soil types in the UK can be used to determine where woodland expansion could be focused in the future as the UK plans for 2bn new trees The analysis warns that planting the wrong type of…
This comment was posted today on my post of 27 January about the Woodland Trust website being hacked and I reproduce it here because I think it’s interesting (and sounds plausible); It’s the same virus that hit SEPA (see https://www.sepa.org.uk/about-us/cyber-attack/), who to be honest are being a lot more forthcoming with informing the public about…
Ten minutes into Farming Today Craig Bennet is talking about the government’s failure to publish its Peat Strategy for England. It’s well worth a listen. He says the right things, and says them well. Top marks overall. He ended on a bit of a low note though when Anna Hill asked whether conservationists and farmers…
Have you ever had a colleague at work who promises everything but consistently delivers work which is of poor quality and usually arrives late too? They’re the worst aren’t they? They may be well-meaning, they may be the life and soul of the party and great fun socially but they are a total waste of…
A few more swans – Mute Swans. I wonder why there aren’t new cases of flu in poultry farms?
I thought I knew a bit about the Bird Fair but it’s interesting to find out new things. And there seems to be a quite a lot to find out about the Bird Fair too – from what people say. There is a wikipedia page about the Bird Fair – I don’t think I’d seen…