Guest blog – Proxy Records, by Tim Reed

Although an ornithologist by training, Tim Reed has a background in monitoring and data quality- starting with standardising management planning and data recording for the statutory sector, moving on to developing the widely-used Common Standards site condition model. After a long period introducing peer-reviewable data and biodiversity and ecosystem reporting models in big corporates around…

Letter to my MP

Dear Mr Pursglove, I wrote to you on 15 September 2020 about three matters of trust. Having received your reply to the last of these three matters recently I’d just like to share my thoughts with you, please. The first matter was that lots of Conservative MPs claimed, in a standard letter sent to hundreds…

Guest blog Curlew Recovery Partnership by Mary Colwell

Mary Colwell is an award-winning radio, TV and internet producer winning 14 awards over the last 10  years, including a Sony Gold in 2009.  She is also a radio presenter and feature writer for The Tablet. Mary has written six previous guest blogs here (A Natural History GCSE, 23 November 2012; Shared Planet, 15 January 2015;…

#stateofnature campaign – what they say

Nature is trouble. We need new laws to protect it  – Stanley Johnson, Daily Telegraph Promises to stop the decline of nature mean nothing unless action is taken – Steve Backshall, Independent GREEN LAW DEMAND: Boris’ father backs crusade to reverse decline in nature – Daily Express Boris Johnson’s father Stanley calls for nature pledge…

Press release – Wildlife and Countryside Link

Major new campaign to protect nature launches today backed by 50+ nature organisations, plus celebrities and political figures PM called on to lead the way globally on commitments to nature by putting nature promises into law ahead of hosting global talks Public urged to sign petition to show support for legally binding nature protections –…

Please sign this petition today

Today a joint campaign is launched by over 50 nature conservation groups – please give it a great start by signing this petition right now: https://bit.ly/3kjLIsX   Unless, of course, you trust the Westminster government to deliver for wildlife without being harried, prodded and poked at every opportunity – personally I don’t trust them and…

Press release – the Curlew Recovery Partnership

The Curlew Recovery Partnership is a new, exciting and transformative initiative, bringing together all those with an interest in Curlew conservation, including land managers, farmers, gamekeepers, policymakers and researchers. They are joining forces to help secure the future of one of England’s most iconic and threatened species, the Eurasian Curlew. Urgent action is needed. The…

Sunday book review – Regeneration by Andrew Painting

This book introduces a strong voice in nature writing to the world. This is Andrew Painting’s first book and it is a cracker. Painting works for the National Trust for Scotland at Mar Lodge Estate in the Cairngorms. This book is about the very long-term regeneration of habitats and wildlife that are underway, and are…