Birdwatch March issue

This March Birdwatch has a theme – kids’ engagement with birds and nature. Don’t worry! There are still lots of photos of unidentifiable gulls, and some cracking Siberian Rubythroats too. Are we, all of us, doing our bit, and doing the right things, to bring on the next generation of birders and naturalists?  Read Rebecca…

Reminder – Defra Secs of State

Over 250 of you have expressed your views as to the best and worst Defra Secretary of State so far. I doubt that the results will change very much but I’ll keep the poll open at least through this week, so do, please, cast your votes.

Guest blog – Sheffield’s trees by Pip Howard

Pip Howard is a British forester who lives and works in France. He worked with Save Our Woods and now at Forestcomms working on the pan European landscape research project HERCULES. This is his second guest blog here – the first was Real life bugs or a living planet?           Campaigning…

Review of Inglorious from the USA

I’ve had a few conversations with American friends about grouse shooting and several have started with the American being sympathetic to grouse ‘hunting’ and them ending up saying ‘but that’s not hunting at all’.  Correct! Driven grouse shooting is the most unsporting of sports and is akin to a computer game where one blasts away…