Nearly six years after DEFRA received the completed report of the Lead Ammunition Group recommending that lead ammunition be phased out, DEFRA has asked for a review of the impacts of lead ammunition so that perhaps it can be phased out in two years’ time. The information on impacts of lead ammunition on wildlife, the…
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Robin Page and the Countryside Restoration Trust
Robin Page has fallen out with some more people – but don’t worry, it’s all their fault and he is writing another book. Well, that’s part of Robin’s side of the story. The Countryside Restoration Trust website doesn’t seem to have noticed that he has gone, referring to Robin still as its ‘current executive chairman’….
Signs of Spring?
Have you noticed it’s Spring? I have, and it lifts my spirits. the first Brimstone in my garden was in January, and the second in February, but now they are frequent visitors along with Peacocks. You don’t get butterflies in winter so it must be Spring! less than a mile from my house there is…
Three weeks – very slow progress, 85,000 signatures
This joint petition, supported by over 50 environmental NGOs is not going too well – only a few more than 2000 signatures in the last week despite the support of the National Trust, WWF-UK, old Uncle Tom Cobley and all… I’ll say again that it is a marathon not a sprint, but it would be…
The future of this blog
This blog is 9 years, 11 months and 1 day old. On 21 April it will undergo a significant downshift for at least six months. From 22 April I will not normally post any material from Monday-Friday inclusive. At weekends I will post any guest blogs that have captured my attention and I will continue…