Standing up for Nature
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,…
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…
I heard today that the brood meddling appeal will now take place, it seems, on 27 and 28 January. That’s next week.
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…
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…
His Honour Justice Jarman handed down a very significant judgment today on Welsh general licences – see Wild Justice blog for details.
Bird/poultry flu is detected in a Mute Swan on the Western Isles.
At the end of November I posted this about the WWT’s ‘refocus’ document. I’d read it several times and couldn’t really make much sense of it. It felt a little more like something one would find on a corporate website which was aiming not to tell you anything than the sharp new vision for a…