Some things that caught my eye or ear: the IUCN congress last week approved a resolution requesting countries to phase out use of lead ammunition in hunting which is a reminder that the UK as part of the EU delegation agreed a resolution to phase out lead ammunition by 2017 – another broken environmental promise…
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Driven grouse shooting campaign – a timeline and how you can help
We have entered the last three days of our e-petition to ban driven grouse shooting. Overnight we passed another mini-milestone: at 122,399. Can you work it out? Answer at foot of page. I must mention that the Ribble Valley constituency reached 500 signatures yesterday – a tremendous achievement of community engagement. Thank you all! The…
Sunday book review – Cat Wars by Peter P. Marra and Chris Santella
I’m not a cat person; I’m not a dog person either; I’m not really a pet person at all. I prefer my animals wild and free, or cooked and on a plate. And so I enter this subject, the impacts of domesticated and feral cats on wildlife, with a slight preference for hearing that cats…
Tim Melling – Leaping Rays
Tim writes: I know they are “just” fish, but this was one of the most difficult things I have ever photographed. They are Smooth-tailed Mobula Rays that are known for their habit of leaping clean out of the water. But the problem is they give no warning so I had to react in a split…
A wonderful Green Sandpiper
Modern technology is opening up the details of bird movements in a very exciting way. A Green Sandpiper was fitted with a GPS tag at Lemsford Springs, near Welwyn Garden City in Hertfordshire in April this year and was recaptured there, enabling the tag to be removed, on 30 July. GPS tags collect information…