Today…

Today the Wild Justice challenge of the Welsh general licences is held online in front of His Honour Judge Jarman QC. The great advantages of online attendance of court is that one can shout at the screen, the seats are more comfortable and one can munch biscuits all the time.

Press release – Trees for Life

Scots want beavers moved not shot, new research finds A majority of Scots agree beavers should be moved to new locations in Scotland instead of being killed, according to new research. The findings come as Highland-based rewilding charity Trees for Life seeks to raise £40,000 through a crowdfunding appeal to help protect Scotland’s wild beavers….

State of the UK’s birds

New report reveals declines in UK’s woodland birds New data show long-term declines of woodland bird species Some specialist woodland species have declined dramatically, including willow tit, which has shown the second biggest decline of any widespread UK bird. Numbers of native birds overall are down, with 19 million fewer pairs of breeding birds in…

From World Land Trust

As the chair of trustees, I’m proud of the work that World Land Trust staff and our partners across the world have done in very difficult circumstances this year, and also grateful to our donors for loyal and generous support.

Brighton’s Big Secret

I found this video fascinating. It’s 20min but it is fascinating and reveals so many natural riches on Brighton’s doorstep. It’s an interesting commentary too. I will return to this.