This crowdfunder closes at 20:05 this evening and I reckon its owners will be feeling a little despondent by the response so far. It seems an excellent and positive project which ought to be supported by those who like Badgers and that includes the farming community, I would have hoped. I’ve topped up my personal…
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Passenger Pigeon Day
‘On 1 September 1914, between midday and 1 pm, in the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden, Cincinnati, Ohio, a pigeon breathed her last, and with her died her species. The pigeon was known as Martha, and the species was the Passenger Pigeon. Amongst all extinctions, this example remains unusual in two respects: the precision with which…
123,678 e-actions!
An amazing total in just 24 days. Thank you to everyone who took part.
Guy Shorrock – Musk Ox
A seemingly peaceful scene of musk ox in the mountains of Dovre National Park, Norway, though an animal that commands respect and a safe distance. They were introduced from Greenland to Norway within the last 100 years and I’ve seen these huge shaggy beasts on several occasion. However, this is not about musk ox, but…
12 hours of e-action remain
I’m guessing that either you have already signed the joint Wild Justice, Hen Harrier Action, RSPB e-action or you don’t want to. But just in case you are in the ‘I must get round to doing that soon’ category then you have until midnight tonight to take action. It’s very simple, you click on this…
Guest blog: A stranger’s Short Diary on encountering the grouse and pheasant shooting industry for the first time
The first year visiting village X, February 2018 I can only see a few feet ahead of me. A Swaledale trots up, but huffily bleats her complaint when she realises I’m not the farmer. A Red Grouse whirrs “go back, go back” and drops like an arrow at the end of its trajectory and is…
Tim Melling – Spotted Flycatcher
Tim writes: have you ever thought what a daft name Spotted Flycatcher is? Even its scientific name Muscicapa striata means striped flycatcher. Well at least this one lives up to its name and has a few pale spots at the back of its head, which they don’t have for long. This is a recently fledged…
Sunday book review – Orchard by Benedict Macdonald and Nicholas Gates
This book is about an orchard and its wildlife. Month by month the two authors describe aspects of the orchard’s year. It sounds a nice place with its ancient trees and rich wildlife. As you travel through the pages then you may well wish you were there – I did. I enjoyed hearing about the…
Tim Melling – Lammergeier
Tim writes: some years ago I served on the British Ornithologists’ Union Records Committee (BOURC) which assesses and maintains the official list of British birds. Category A of the British List is for any truly wild bird that arrived in Britain naturally. An immature Lammergeier ranged widely in Devon during May 2016 but this has…
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