Listed

A Message from Martha has appeared in another couple of ‘book of the year’ lists this week. First Bel Mooney included A Message from Martha in her nature books of the year in the Daily Mail  and then  Barbara Kiser included it in her list of bird books in Nature.com. It’s always nice to see…

Round up

Cairngorms National Park Authority say grouse shooters may kill too many Mountain Hares, kill too many raptors illegally and are industrialising the hills. BTO Science round up – I received the very first of these by email recently and, although I haven’t read it all yet, what I have dipped into looks very good. Sign…

A reminder – readers’ survey

Which NGOs have had a good year? Which political parties would you like to see in a coalition government? What do you think of this blog? Over 600 of you have responded to the short survey on these and other fascinating issues – at least, your answers are fascinating.   Click here to have your…

Weak on crime, weak on the causes of crime

17 December: Andy Sawford (Shadow Minister (Communities and Local Government); Corby, Labour):  To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will publish a consultation on a licensing scheme for commercial game shooting. George Eustice (The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; Camborne and Redruth, Conservative): Landowners…