Ecotricity, the green energy company that supplies my electricity, is looking for the greenest youngsters in Britain. And by youngster we mean 11-16 year olds. If you are in the relevant age group and can submit your application (video, recording or written text) by 8 June you may win yourself and your parents a weekend…
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RSPB appeal for information about Goshawk disappearance in Peak District
The RSPB has just released this to local media (links added by me): The RSPB is appealing for information after a Goshawk nest failed in suspicious circumstances at Dove Stone in the Peak District. On 10 May, a local raptor worker discovered the freshly abandoned Goshawk nest in conifer woodland in the Longendale Valley, which…
Someone mentioned the pole traps but I think they got away with it…
This appeared on the website of the former newspaper The Independent yesterday evening. Well done Guy Shorrock for some excellent quotes which I hope will be carried forward into the RSPB statement on Monday. The GWCT now take over from the Moorland Association in having given the most fatuous quote of the year on raptor…
Shhhhh! Don’t mention the poletraps…
It’s all very quiet isn’t it? Considering how many organisations are falling over themselves to spout their enormous concern about wildlife crime against birds of prey on grouse moors when it comes to providing a solution for the grouse moor managers (poor things!) there is very little discussion of this admission of guilt by a…
Environmental consensus on Remain option
The Wildlife Trusts were, as I recall, the first wildlife NGO to support the option of the UK remaining in the EU and that was back in March. And their statement was admirably clear: ‘The Wildlife Trusts believe that our wildlife and habitats will be better off if they continue to benefit from EU environmental…