BASC is asking DEFRA to take notice of them – that’s usually what BASC press releases are about. This one has an inherent flaw in it though, although I expect that they will get away with it. What is that flaw? BASC asks DEFRA to take account of shooting’s conservation benefits when considering what to…
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Alok Sharma MP on COP26
Press release from UK Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Department and Rt Hon Alok Sharma MP, President of COP26. COP26 President Alok Sharma gave his closing remarks to the Petersberg Climate Dialogue by video on Tuesday 28 April 2020. The UK, as incoming Presidency for the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26), co-hosted the two day…
Midnight tomorrow – entries for this blog’s Nature-writing Challenge
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There are more than 20 entries already in for this blog’s Nature-writing Challenge. There’s plenty of time for you to compose your entry today, and come back to it tomorrow to polish it and send it in. Across the world, people are experiencing a shared concern for themselves and their loved ones and many are…
NEWS: no Minke whaling in Iceland in 2020
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Following last week’s news that Fin whaling would not take place in Iceland in 2020 it is now reported that Minke whaling will not go ahead either. Minke whaling in Iceland is mostly for domestic consumption – in restaurants (often for tourists) and sold in supermarkets. Today it is reported that thanks to increases in…
Guest blog – International Dawn Chorus Day by Chris Baines
Chris Baines is an independent environmental adviser to industry and Government. He is an award-winning writer and broadcaster and has been championing wildlife gardening and urban nature conservation for more than 40 years. A blog for International Dawn Chorus Day, First Sunday in May International Dawn Chorus Day is the first Sunday in May: the…
RSPB press release – International Dawn Chorus Day
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This weekend, wake up to the symphony of the Dawn Chorus! Sunday 3rd May is International Dawn Chorus Day – a day to celebrate the early morning swell of birdsong! In this unprecedented time when many of us have limited access to the outdoors, you only need to open your window to enjoy this natural…
What can BirdTrack tell us about birds, birders and lockdown?
I am a fan of Birdtrack (more correctly BirdTrack but I can’t be bothered with that ‘T’) – I’ve said so many times on this blog. In fact I was involved in helping set it up when at the RSPB, and Birdtrack is still a collaborative enterprise with the BTO in the lead. Introduction to…
Guest blog – Isolation and Ivy by Nick Ballard
Nick Ballard’s interest in butterflies and moths evolved exploring the hedgerows and fields, streams, ditches and ponds, meadows and verges that formed the great outdoors where he lived as a child – Selby, on the river Ouse in Yorkshire. He first worked as a computer operator in Cambridge in the Computer Aided Design centre and…
National Trust press release – Endangered bee gets a foothold in Somerset
Endangered bee gets a foothold in Somerset Lytes Cary designated as one of only two exemplary sites for the Shrill carder bee in England Bee is a priority species due to the huge losses of flower rich habitats since the 1950s National Trust volunteers, staff and farm tenants have worked together to make a safe…
NEWS: Andy Clements to step down as BTO CEO at end of 2020
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Andy Clements has announced that he is stepping down at the end of 2020. He says that it was his intention to step down in October, probably on St Crispin’s day I guess, but coronavirus has pushed that date back a bit. Andy has been and for a few months will continue to be, a…