And you too?

  George Monbiot, Natalie Bennett, Chris Packham.  What a great alliance! Join them please.   Sign the e-petition to ban driven grouse shooting Join the thunderclap to spread the word  

Nightjars by Gordon Yates

Gordon Yates has supplied some fantastic Hen Harrier images for this blog, but he takes other photographs too – see his website. I’ve never seen Nightjar chicks – aren’t they amazing? Seen here with the female at the nest (such as it is). A reminder of balmy summer days in these early days of December.

More sense from Forest Enterprise England

Following on from yesterday lunchtime’s blog I have received the following information from Forest Enterprise England.  These are the letters sent by FEE’s Chief Executive to BASC and which were mentioned in the previous correspondence.  they date from 2015 but they are nonetheless interesting.   What do we learn from this? We learn that BASC…

World Land Trust Art Auction

As a trustee of the World Land Trust I’d like to point you in the direction of this Christmas art auction. This online auction ends on 11 December (that’s Monday) so you could spend the weekend mooching and choosing and bidding! Or, quite honestly, if you can’t be bothered with that then why not just…

Guest blog – Ramble Against Raptor Persecution by Dara McAnulty

  My name is Dara McAnulty, I’m a 13 year old aspiring naturalist, scientist and conservationist living in Northern Ireland. I write a nature blog called Young Fermanagh Naturalist and I try to do what I can to raise awareness about local as well as national issues which face our wildlife and environment.   Ramble…