Standing up for Nature
I enjoy talking to people – sometimes it’s difficult to stop me. I’ll be at the Game Fair debating with Owen Paterson MP, Ian Coghill (chair of G(W)CT) and Philip Merricks on 31 July, in Buxton on the evening of 8 August, at Hen Harrier Day in the Goyt Valley on 9 August and then…
I don’t know what impression you get of me through reading this blog, but it isn’t all work you know. I am quite good at chilling. Over the weekend I spent an evening with friends and family enjoying a barbecue on one of the cooler evenings of recent days – timing is everything. I was…
Oscar writes: I had been watching this Common Tern fishing outside one of the hides at Minsmere but the background was a white sky so wasn’t photographing it. When it moved to the side of the hide the reeds were behind it giving a nice light brown background. Fortunately it kept hunting for the next…
The EU is consulting on the future of the two Nature Directives – the Birds Directive and the Habitats Directive. Chair of the Joint Links’ Habitats and Birds group Kate Jennings, (RSPB), said: “The Habitats and Birds Directives are the foundation of nature conservation across Europe and are scientifically proven to be effective where properly…
Today the Observer has a piece on the Climate Change Committee’s report to parliament (mentioned on this blog on Wednesday) which raised the issue of intensive grouse moor management ‘The damaging practice of burning peat to increase grouse yields continues, including on internationally protected sites.’. The article was interesting for a number of reasons. The…