A few more cases in wild birds at the end of 2020 but another update is due very soon
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Hen Harriers and moorland management
The week after next may see a flurry of activity on the future of driven grouse shooting and Hen Harrier conservation. On Monday 25 January we may see a Westminster Hall debate on driven grouse shooting (following one on trespass) and then on Tuesday and Wednesday 26 and 27 January the much delayed appeal of…
What do you think of this?
Who doesn’t love a turtle? asks the headline. Quite a few to judge from the reception this piece got on social media. Two lads planning to make money out of captive breeding reptiles and amphibians and with an ambition to reintroduce herptiles to the UK – quite a few of them. When I was their…
Interesting and important paper
This paper (accepted for publication and avialable online – but may have some last minute changes added to it in terms of copyediting) looks at trends in wetland bird species across RSPB nature reserves and compares them with ‘counterfactuals‘. You’ll have to read the paper to find out what counterfactuals are in general, and which…
Wildcats again
Apologies for the late posting of this morning’s post – technical issues connecting to the database (whatever that means!). Yesterday’s guest blog by Dominic Woodfield was on a contentious issue – the right way to conserve Scottish wildcats. This is an important issue and I’m grateful to Dominic for writing about it. What doesn’t seem…