Standing up for Nature
The good news – no further outbreaks of bird flu in commercial poultry farms (just this one so far). The bad news – three cases of H5N8 confirmed in wild Wigeon (Somerset, Leicestershire and South Wales) and in a Peregrine Falcon in Scotland. This map is informative – it’s from the EU (remember them?…
I’m a life member of The Countryside Users Association, together with 64.1 million other Brits. I’m a semi-constant trainspotting observer of this parish’s 7/52 avian soundscape. I’m a casual delver into its historic landscape. I’m a cursory extra beside these grand, abandoned alders quaking above a deep, undisturbed paleo-ecological archive. The European or Common…
Please sign Chris Packham’s e-petition and sign up to the thunderclap to spread the word.
After studying zoology at university Jonathan was involved in ornithological research and conservation for a number of years in France, Scotland and West Africa. Subsequently he has spent most of his career as an environmental consultant, assisting industry in managing its environmental impacts. Wildlife, particularly insects, remain his first love however and he is a…
Tim writes: Blooming heather is rich in nectar and attracts butterflies high onto the moors where you would not normally expect to see them. This was photographed high on the moors of the Peak District and necessitated crawling through the heather to get an eye-level view of the butterfly. The Painted Lady cannot survive the…