Jay – what a lovely bird! The Wild Justice blog asks the question ‘Is it lawful to kill a Jay under the current 2021 DEFRA general ‘conservation’ licence today? Or tomorrow? Or only much closer to the nesting season? Read all about it here.
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Press release – Trees for Life
Trees for Life crowdfunder to protect Scotland’s beavers raises £60,000 A crowdfunding appeal by Trees for Life to help protect Scotland’s endangered wild beavers has raised almost £60,000 – setting the scene for a court challenge to the Scottish Government’s beaver policy, which the charity says is causing needless loss of beavers’ lives. Trees for…
Just a glance at the figures
Since we’re in another fairly strict lockdown I had a glance at these figures which relate to all countries of the world. I’ve ordered them by deaths/million population ( the right hand column) since that seems an interesting comparison. Clearly, different countries will have different systems for recording COVID cases and attributing deaths from COVID…
What do gamekeepers do?
Have a look at the Wild Justice blog – click here.
Blackcap in the garden
The Blackcap which was seen in my garden on 6 December didn’t show up again until yesterday, 4 January, when it (or another male Blackcap) spent a large part of the middle of the day on the fat balls. We were given this rather flashy fat ball feeder and this Blackcap seems to love it…