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Is fish on the menu today?

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This Guardian headline is a bit misleading as the text of the Oceana report shows that the assessment covered 104 stocks, and for getting on for half of them there were too few data to be confident on stock state one way or the other. 20% of stocks were in critical condition and 36% were…

Yesterday

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My yesterday was divided between an excellent meeting with World Land Trust trustees and quite a lot of activity with my legal team ahead of next week’s Court of Appeal brood-meddling hearing. On the former, despite the impacts of covid, 2020 was a successful year as far as fund-raising was concerned, but also more importantly,…

Press release – SCOTLAND Big Picture

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Is Scotland ready for the return of lynx? An extensive and impartial study to assess people’s views about the possible reintroduction of Eurasian lynx to the Scottish Highlands is being launched this month by a new partnership of the charities SCOTLAND: The Big Picture, Trees for Life and Vincent Wildlife Trust. Ecological research has shown…

Cotswold Water Park SSSI

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Natural England recently announced that the 177 lakes of the Cotswold Water Park have been ‘granted’ SSSI status, although this decision is out to the standard consultation with owners, occupiers and other notified parties. This must be good news because it is a very rare event that new areas are protected. It’s worth reading the…

Spain votes Swift as their bird of 2021

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Swift has won the vote to be Spain’s bird of the year. This video is a welcome reminder of the fact that spring is coming closer, the days are lengthening, there is more bird song every day and that Swifts will return to our skies in three months. And it’s just a good video! For…