A lead-free future

If you know anything about the evidence for harm from lead ammunition, and know anything about how many other countries have switched to non-toxic ammunition, then it is difficult to imagine how the ‘Lead Ammunition Group‘ could possibly do anything other than opt for a lead-free future. Parts of a single email released under FoI…

Nene Washes

It was freezing at Eldernell on Friday afternoon but I wouldn’t have missed it for anything. A Barn Owl was sitting on the fence just before we got to the car park – which I could already see was fuller than usual.  Barn Owls are just lovely aren’t they?  Any visit to a nature reserve…

It makes so much sense

This blog has argued for the UK government to work with the administrations of the UK Overseas Territories to create massive marine conservation zones. If we have the relicts of an empire we might as well use them to protect the world’s natural resources. Today 100+ people including a bunch of top bods of environmental…

50 days

Our e-petition to ban driven grouse shooting will close in 50 days. It stands at 20,680 signatures – already in the top 0.5% of all e-petitions on the government website. Please ask someone else to sign it today. Below I reproduce the text of the e-petition, links to some explanatory blogs and the milestones passed…

Oscar Dewhurst – Blue-and-Yellow Macaws

Oscar writes: This is another photo taken last year in Peru. Towards my end of my time there I spent several consecutive evenings at the top of the canopy tower. At roughly the same time each evening, groups of Blue-and-Yellow Macaws would fly from the forest past the tower on their way to roost in the…