Lead faces new threat of ban

I’ve known of this issue working its way through the grindingly slow processes of the EU for quite a while and was wondering when the heads-in-the-sand shooters in the UK might notice that the world is changing around them. The European Chemicals Agency is looking at the use of lead ammunition with a view to…

Any NE news on gull cull? Bowland Gull Cull 4

Following this, this and this, I have asked Natural England this: On 10 July I asked ‘Has NE consented culling of Lesser Black-backed Gull in the Bowland Fells SSSI this year?’   On 9 August, after turning this into an EIR request (Request 3929), you used Regulation 12 (5)(B) – Administration of Justice to justify…

Guest blog – by Birding for All

Accessibility at nature reserves matters, be it for wheelchair-using wildlife enthusiasts; parents trying to introduce their small children to the wonders of nature; or just to make life easier for us all as we age as walking, can, become more of an issue.  Let’s face it none of us know what is around the corner…

Tom Kitchin and Saturday Kitchen Live

I’m quite surprised by how many readers of this blog are (apparently) devotees of Saturday Kitchen Live – personally I’d never heard of it until this weekend. But they had the chef Tom Kitchin (I bet he gets even more remarks about nominative determinism than I do) preparing a grouse, black pudding and something else…