The Wildlife Trusts’ new report, Secret Spaces: The status of England’s Local Wildlife Sites 2014, draws on evidence gathered this year showing that more than 10% of the 6,590 monitored Local Wildlife Sites have been lost or damaged in the last five years. With predicted growth in housing, new roads and other infrastructure all set…
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A Message from Martha has appeared in another couple of ‘book of the year’ lists this week. First Bel Mooney included A Message from Martha in her nature books of the year in the Daily Mail and then Barbara Kiser included it in her list of bird books in Nature.com. It’s always nice to see…
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Round up
Cairngorms National Park Authority say grouse shooters may kill too many Mountain Hares, kill too many raptors illegally and are industrialising the hills. BTO Science round up – I received the very first of these by email recently and, although I haven’t read it all yet, what I have dipped into looks very good. Sign…
A reminder – readers’ survey
Which NGOs have had a good year? Which political parties would you like to see in a coalition government? What do you think of this blog? Over 600 of you have responded to the short survey on these and other fascinating issues – at least, your answers are fascinating. Click here to have your…