Standing up for Nature
Thank you everyone, just over 100 of us, who have contributed to this crowdfunder since 11am. Pretty amazing – thank you. Paul £25 – A most important case involving the prevention of vandalism to my favourite bird by DEFRA decree masked as conservation. Liz £40 – Wonder what being out of the EU will do…
Here are some early comments from supporters – thank you to the first 33 supporters who took us past £1000 in 80 minutes. Wow! John £10 – I can only manage a small contribution being retired and on a limited pension but I feel this is one of the most important conservation battles of our…
We’re going back to court to fight for Hen Harriers – this time to the Court of Appeal to challenge the judge’s decision in our judicial review over brood meddling. These things take quite a while but this is not the time to give up. We have a good chance of winning on appeal (not…
The date is set for our (and the RSPB’s) appeal against the judgment in our judicial reviews challenging the legality of brood meddling. I challenged the legality of Natural England’s licensing of this otherwise illegal act on the grounds that there are legal alternatives to brood meddling that Natural England unlawfully ignored and failed to…
It’s difficult to decide what to spend my royalties on … …but I’m not complaining at all. Getting money for work done years ago, particularly quite pleasant work, is great. fighting for birds still sells a few copies even though it was published in 2012. 2012 – that’s a long time ago.
Tim writes: this rare pheasant is endemic to China, centred on the Sichuan Province. It is the largest and most highly-glossed of the three species of Monal Pheasant. I have tried twice previously to see this elusive species without a sight or sound of one. But this year I saw six males and three females…