Press release – new report by Rewilding Britain

Britain’s climate zones shifting 5km a year – nature recovery era needed to avert wildlife catastrophe Britain’s climate zones are shifting by up to five kilometres a year because of rising temperatures – with potentially catastrophic impacts for wildlife, says a new report by Rewilding Britain. The shift – due to human-caused climate heating, and hundreds…

Press release – Leigh Day and Transport Action Network

Further hearing in Transport Action Network’s application for judicial review of RIS2 decision A hearing will be held on Thursday, 29 October in the legal challenge by Transport Action Network (TAN) into the government decision to give the go ahead for Road Investment Strategy 2. TAN was granted permission in July to apply for judicial…

Good news!

Just a few minutes ago the Langholm Moor Community Buyout passed its fundraising target -but I’m sure they’d like a little more too.

Best bird book of 2020?

The Birdwatch Birders’ Choice awards allow you to vote for the best bird book of the year. These are the five short-listed books: Red Sixty Seven All the Birds of the World Multimedia Identification Guide: shearwaters Diary of a Young Naturalist Moult and Ageing of European Passerines I’ve only read one of these books, but…

Waiting, waiting, waiting…

One does wonder what the Scottish government is waiting for – surely it has made up its mind on the Werritty report. Why dither any longer? But the words in this recent response to correspondence do look vaguely promising.