We’re still on the second day, in fact we are nowhere near 36 hours into this petition yet, and we are heading towards 20,000 signatures. Thanks to all who have signed. Every Westminster parliamentary constituency has recorded a signature; the last three were South Antrim, Wolverhampton South East and, as usual, Barking. The constituencies with…
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Oh no he wasn’t …
There is an old expression about bird records from long ago, ‘What’s hit’s history, what’s missed, mystery‘ but it seems that even when you have a pile of bird bodies some can’t identify their quarry. It was in 1977 that Lady Diana Spencer, then 16, was first introduced to a 29-year-old Prince Charles. Charles was…
Welcome back, Moorland Association
After a break of a couple of months, the Moorland Association Twitter account is back although it isn’t saying very much these days. I do like their profile picture with the abbreviation of their motto; No Harriers Survive
RSPB press release – the eagle, the satellite tag, the lead sheeting and the river
Recovered satellite tag provides answer to what happens when birds of prey ‘disappear’ on Scotland’s grouse moors A satellite tag removed from a ‘disappeared’ golden eagle has been recovered from a Highland river. The discovery sheds new light on the activities that criminals will go to in a bid to cover up the illegal killing…
Tale of a hedge (re-revisited)
In 2014 I wrote a few blogs about a puzzling hedge (see here, here, here) and I revisited it in 2017 (see here). The resolution to the puzzle was that a farmer had driven down the road with his spray still on and had, accidentally, sprayed over a mile of roadside hedge. This happened, probably…
A response from my MP
I wrote to my MP, Tom Pursglove, only c10 days ago and have had a rapid response as follows: Dear Mark, Thank you for your email. In it, you pose several questions – the second and third of which I have passed to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, the Rt….
An e-petition for Badgers
Wild Justice submitted an e-petition to the House of Commons Petitions Committee over 50 days ago – they are clearly very busy but quite why it took so long, I can’t say. But after a flurry of activity yesterday it was published around 09:30 this morning and we started promoting it around 10:30. By 12:30…
Frank Hamilton 1932-2020
Frank Hamilton was a very early RSPB staff member, back in the 1950s when there were only a few handfuls of staff. He retired as Director, Scotland in 1993. Almost epitomising the early staff of the RSPB he (and most were male) was a keen birdwatcher with a huge enthusiasm for birds, nature and wildlife…
Guest blog – Hookpod Update by David Agombar
David Agombar is currently Supporter Relations Manager at BTO where he works with donors funding research projects. He is also responsible for the management of the Porzana factory which produces all the metal bird rings used in the UK. He has been a Director of Hookpod Ltd since the business was established. He was previously…
Press release – Langholm Initiative
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£300,000 game-changer for southern Scotland’s biggest community buyout as deadline looms A “game-changing” £300,000 has boosted a small community’s attempt to secure southern Scotland’s biggest community land buyout – bringing its funding total to £3.1 million – as a 31 October deadline looms. The Langholm Moor Community Buyout – led by the award-winning Langholm Initiative charity –…