How many birds are killed by ‘hunters’ in each km2 of the UK each year, and how does that compare with other European countries? Have you ever wondered? Neither had I until a reader of this blog put me in touch with the data with which one can work it out. Well it depends what…
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Bird/poultry/gamebird flu update
Dwindling?
Press release – Rewilding Britain
Rewilding boosts jobs and volunteering opportunities, study shows Jobs up by 47% as new “myth-busting” evidence emerges from Rewilding Britain Rewilding marginal land can significantly boost job numbers and volunteering opportunities while increasing action to restore nature and tackle climate breakdown, new research by Rewilding Britain shows. An analysis of over 20 sites across England…
Tim Melling – Hen Harrier with Maltese moult?
Photographed on a Peak District grouse moor this week – but who knows how that large gap in the wing feathers on the left wing came about?
Wild Justice advice on responding to DEFRA gamebird consultation
DEFRA is consulting on the measures it will introduce to protect sites of nature conservation value from impacts of vast releases of non-native gamebirds. Wild Justice doesn’t think much of the consultation and is suggesting how the public could respond – click here. The consultation closes on Monday so a wet weekend might provide an…