Thank you to all who submitted entries for this blog’s first writing competition – there were some really good entries and five very good winners: Wildlife and Politics Kerri ni Dochartaigh Invertebrates Sue Croxford Wildlife and the Arts Ross Hunter International Wildlife Hugh Webster Under-18 category Hazel Peters But there were some excellent other…
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Help protect nature and the EU nature laws
European Commissioners, including our new bloke (Sir Julian King), meet tomorrow to decide whether to maintain the laws that have done so much to protect nature across the European union. Help to give him a nudge in the right direction before he goes off to represent the UK’s views. Many thanks to Friends of…
Guest blog – Saving Loughs Neagh and Beg by Chris Murphy
Chris Murphy has lived in Northern Ireland since arriving on the ferry from Liverpool in 1984 as the RSPB’s first, and last, Assistant Regional Officer. Together with his German wife, Doris, he’s known to shout HALT! when special places are threatened like the Belfast Harbour Pools and the Bog Meadows – once zoned for development,…
A press release from the RSPB in Scotland
STARTS RSPB Scotland has dismissed a press release issued today by the “Gift of Grouse” campaign that attempts to draw a veil over the continued persecution of birds of prey on areas of land managed intensively for driven grouse shooting. The reports on which these assertions are based are not in the public domain, and…
Planet Earth 2 again
Next week is the last episode of Planet Earth 2 and I guess it will be about oceans – if so, then it is certain to be brilliant. And last night’s ‘grasslands’ was a very strong programme too. I’ve always wanted to see Saiga antelope and that desire (which I guess will never be realised)…