Following this post about neonics and sugar beet from mid December, permission has been granted by the UK government for use of neonicotinoid pesticides on sugar beet in 2021. Today’s blog by pesticide expert Prof Dave Goulson is well worth a read on the Wildlife and Countryside Link blog.
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Cry havoc
This is really a story about restaurants being shut rather than damage to woodlands. It’s a bit difficult to believe that a couple of years of low culling of deer in woodlands is going to make that much difference to their ecological status. If so, it suggests that there is far too close a link…
Guest blog – Is it really too late to save the Scottish wildcat? by Dominic Woodfield
Dominic Woodfield is the Managing Director of Bioscan, a long established and well-respected consultancy specialising in applied ecology. He is not a wildcat specialist, but has significant experience of working with rare and protected species and is currently instructed by Wildcat Haven to advise on regulatory and ecological matters, including on the methodology for their…
Sunday book review – Wild Farming by Robin Page
It would be fair to ask what this book is about: and that is a question to which there is no easy answer. The first part of the answer is that it is not the book pictured above envisaged by booksellers (eg see here, here, here), and indeed Quiller (the intended publisher) who claimed Wild…
Tim Melling – Curlew Sandpiper
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Tim writes: this was the first time I had managed a decent shot of a Curlew Sandpiper. I took it at Adwick washlands near Barnsley early morning in September. The sun was shining without a breath of wind and this Curlew Sandpiper was close. The water surface was rippleless creating perfect mirrored reflections. I managed…
Saturday cartoon by Ralph Underhill
Back in the garden
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Our live Christmas tree is back in the garden again. One wonders what it will see over the next 11 months or so. The male Blackcap is currently a frequent daily visitor to fat balls. Will he still be around, will he turn up, for Big Garden Birdwatch on 29-31 January?
87 Beavers memorial calendar
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Thank you to the friend who sent me this calendar – it’s very attractive and proceeds go to support the Scottish Beaver Group.
May I badger you for your signature please?
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Ok, let’s get this petition over the 100,000 signature barrier please.
This one is more like a tortoise than a hare
Quite slow progress, but the 10,000 signatures is approaching.