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An interesting petition
This is, as it says, a petition to save the last known nesting site for Turtle Doves in Rye, Sussex. It’s worth signing even though loss of nest sites is not the most important thing affecting Turtle Doves across the UK. This very rapidly declining species is almost certainly declining because of intense farming rather…
Interesting figures on SSSI status
This was in my local(-ish) paper but it seems to be the Northants tip of a national iceberg. In the olden days it would have been an NGO that did this anlysis but not now – I wonder why not? The basic story is that Natural England isn’t doing its job properly in acting as…
Ban burning of upland peatlands now – says Climate Change Committee
In their latest important report, this one on land use, the Climate Change Committee calls for an immediate banning of burning of upland peatlands. The report does not say blanket bog, it does not say deep peat, it simply says peatlands – that means all of it, not some of it. There is much more…
An unresponsive MP
So far I have had no response from my MP to my letter to him of a month ago – see here. This is very disappointing and I hope it doesn’t mean that Mr Pursglove has a more sizable majority he is going to ignore his constituents… Note added later: A response arrived in the…
February Birdwatch (2)
There is even more in the latest issue of Birdwatch than I let on earlier. There’s an excellent article by Dominic Mitchell on revisiting a former local patch of his which is strong evidence for my contention (oft broken, I admit) that one should never go back to a place where one loved the wildlife…
February Birdwatch (1)
There’s a cute owl on the cover of the latest Birdwatch magazine and a cute Bill Oddie too. What’s not to like? But lest you think you can just gawp at the cover in your local newsagent shop then let me tell you it’s worth sitting down with a mug of tea and some Digestive…
PLR
It’s that time of year when authors are told whether they have earned any money from the Public Lending Right system. If any libraries have your books on their shelves, and if anyone borrows them (as judged by a sample of libraries) then you get some dosh, at the rate now of 9p/loan. My books…
Very nasty
I don’t think you will find this story in any newspaper other than the Daily Mail – they say it is an exclusive. And you’ll notice that it stems from a complaint by the Countryside Alliance. The story, such as it is, is that a senior, highly respected, female police officer, Chief Inspector Lou Hubble…
Wild Justice takes action
Wild Justice has sent a legal letter to DEFRA after lack of action by the government department.