Last Thursday I attended an online webinar about the prospects of a reintroduction of White-tailed Eagles in Norfolk. It was very professionally done by Dominic Buscall from Wild Ken Hill (see here). Everyone’s questions were answered pretty thoroughly and the whole idea seems to have been well thought through. For more details – click here.
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Guest blog – Cloak and dibber: the rare plant introduction controversy by Amanda Tuke
Amanda is a nature and environment writer and blogger based in the wilds of suburban south London. She writes mainly about suburban wildflowers, insects and birds on her blog. Her nature writing has appeared in anthologies, on the London Wildlife Trust blog and in Devon Life Magazine. She also blogs on www.freelancenaturewriter.com about her…
Sunday book review – Restoring the Wild by Roy Dennis
Roy Dennis is a ‘name’ in ornithology and nature conservation – he was the warden of the Fair Isle Bird Observatory from 1964-70 (following Ken Williamson and Peter Davis), the RSPB’s person in the Highlands (under various job titles) from 1970-90 and, ever since, an independent conservationist mostly involved with species reintroductions and habitat restoration….
Tim Melling – Little Grebe eating a Bullhead
Tim writes: I used to catch Bullheads (Cottus gobio) in a small stream near my home as a child, but I haven’t seen one for maybe 50 years. That is until two days ago when I watched this Little Grebe emerge from the water with one. These fish are also known as Miller’s Thumb and…
Happy birthday Wild Justice!
Wild Justice is a toddler – two years ago today it was launched to the public. See the Wild Justice blog – click here.