Emily Williamson, who in 1889 founded the all-female Society for the Protection of Birds (later the RSPB), is to be honoured with a statue at her former home in Fletcher Moss Park in Didsbury, Manchester. Four short-listed maquettes will be unveiled in July 2021, marking the centenary of the Importation of Plumage (Prohibition) Act –…
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The sweet taste of success?
The Pink-footed Goose is a somewhat unheralded success story in the UK, with a ten-fold increase in numbers over the past 70 years. And that is of some global significance since around 85% of the world population winters in the UK. Our Pinkfeet are from the Iceland and Greenland breeding populations whereas there are Pinkfeet…
World Land Trust
Reading through the papers ahead of an upcoming World Land Trust trustees’ meeting (online) that I’ll be chairing. I’m just so impressed by what the UK team and our partners across the globe do to conserve nature. All made possible by your donations. Making a regular monthly donation is an easy way to support this…
Press release – Trees for Life
Trees for Life launches court challenge to Scottish Government’s ‘licence to kill’ beaver policy Trees for Life is to challenge the Scottish Government’s nature agency NatureScot in court over its failure to make the killing of Scotland’s wild beavers a genuine last resort when the species needs to be managed. The Highlands-based rewilding charity has launched…
Guest blog – The impact of mothering on Nature writing by Caro Fentiman
Caro Fentiman is a writer and musician living in Northumberland. You can read more of her work at www.carofentiman.com and on instagram @carofentiman The impact of mothering on nature writing Following on from Daphne Pleace’s excellent guest blog on nature writing and gender, I wanted to share some of my own thoughts on nature writing and…