I’ve just watched the Westminster Hall debate on moorland burning. I’ve seen quite a few of these in my time and my expectations are not very high, but this one wasn’t too bad. Having said that, I suspect many readers of this blog could have done a decent job on the subject, but you have…
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Olivia Blake is the Labour MP for Sheffield Hallam.
The experience of lead-free ammunition use in Denmark
This is not really new but what is interesting is that GWCT has recently posted this video. I don’t quite know what is going on in GWCT but something is… It shows that the UK is already over 30 years behind Denmark and it’s another example of a shooter telling UK shooters that there isn’t…
What a contrast
What a contrast between this image from the Peak District NP in Bob Berzins’s latest blog; …and this image of a potential future for Exmoor NP from Lee Schofield’s guest blog of yesterday; …and what a shame that the Glover report failed at all adequately to address the choice facing our National Parks and AONBs….
Guest blog – Failure to assess and monitor Protected Sites by Bob Berzins
Bob Berzins is a campaigner and activist. His novel Snared is available now. His previous guests blogs here all focus on the management, or mismanagement of upland areas such as the Peak District, Walshaw Moor and the North York Moors. Natural England: Failure to assess and monitor Protected Sites means we all pay Most Pennine…
RSPB press release – peat
New analysis published today by RSPB reveals the scale of the challenge that the UK’s governments face to restore and maintain our peatlands, which play a pivotal role in combatting climate change. Peatlands are one of the UK’s most valuable habitats and have a critical role to play in addressing the nature and climate crises….
Pheasant v Lapwing?
A series of images that I’ve been given, apparently from May 2012. What we see is a Lapwing which looks like it might be settling on, or getting up from, a nest. Looks a bit like a male Lapwing on crest length and amount of black – but I’m no expert on Lapwings (and males…
Ivy
If there’s one thing that our garden has in abundance it is Ivy. This is a view, from the bathroom, of the mature Ivy covering the shed outside. Looking back from the other side of that archway looks like this (on a sunny day last week); And there is plenty more at the end of…
Guest blog – Exmoor Rewilding by Lee Schofield
Lee Schofield is senior site manager at RSPB Haweswater, where partnership work with landowner United Utilities is aiming to find a balance between large-scale ecological restoration and hill farming in the Lake District National Park. He is also a nature writer, working on his first book which will be published by Penguin/Transworld in 2022. Follow…
Tim Melling – Star Jelly
Tim writes: while walking on the Peak District moors this morning I came across some Star Jelly, which I have only seen once or twice before. I took this photograph on my phone but I thought it was too interesting to keep to myself. I hope you agree. So what is Star Jelly? Well it also…