Oddest sighting of Hen Harrier?

  A reader of this blog was pleased to see a male Hen Harrier pictured on this Environment Agency sign on the Jubilee river (which is the flood prevention scheme near Slough – of all places).  It would be possible to see a Hen Harrier near there in winter but it would be a good…

Fair do’s

Received from Natural England just now in response to my earlier request.   Dear Dr Avery Access to information request – Acknowledgement – Request No 3002 Thank you for your request for information for extracts from Paper ref: NELG/S/07/4, which we received today. We are dealing with your request under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004….

Dear Natural England

Dear Natural England This is a request under the Freedom of Information Act and the Environmental Information Regulations. Please supply, in electronic format, the following extracts from Paper ref: NELG/S/07/4, Title: Designations Programme: Process to establish Gate Zero’, Sponsor: Dr Tim Hill, Chief Scientist, which was Item 4 on the meeting of the Natural England…

West Pennine Moors again

Local people involved in the West Pennine Moors lingering non-notification case have received various documents from Natural England under Freedom of Information requests.  This blog uses information from the heavily redacted note to the NE Leadership Group Strategy meeting of 23 March 2015 (meeting no NELG/S/07) entitled Designations Programme: Process to establish Gate Zero (whatever…

Oscar Dewhurst – Dartford Warbler

Oscar writes: Over the past few weeks I’ve spent a couple of days photographing Dartford Warblers. This particular bird was a male that hadn’t yet paired up with a female so was still singing to proclaim its territory. Early in the morning the light was brilliant, showing off the bird’s colours really nicely. Dartford Warbler:…