This looked like potentially good news and if there is some truth in it then it represents a rather rapid victory for Mary Colwell’s campaign. On this blog Mary has written about her ideas a few times, starting with A Natural History GCSE in 23 November 2012, and then Natural History GCSE (2) in October…
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Moors for the Future is a partnership between Peak District National Park, Environment Agency, National Trust, Pennine Prospects, RSPB, United Utilities and Yorkshire Water.
Hen Harrier Day 2020
Hen Harrier Days celebrate a fantastic bird and highlight the illegal persecution that it faces. They are a family occasion, a show of solidarity with nature and a call to action. The Hen Harrier is a rare native bird and it would be much commoner if we could end wildlife crime. Yet public awareness remains…
Sunday book review – What We Really Do All Day by Jonathan Gershuny and Oriel Sullivan
I received this book as a Christmas present and it was a very well-judged gift as I managed to read three chapters on Christmas Day. It looks at how we spend our time and how that has changed over 50 years. The data come from time use diaries, where individuals record what they are doing…
Tim Melling – Pine Bunting
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Tim writes: Pine Bunting (Emberiza leucocephalus) is the eastern counterpart of the European Yellowhammer, even though the males are extremely dissimilar. But their songs and calls sound the same, and the females look similar, except Pine Buntings lack any yellow, especially in the flight feathers. But to complicate matters the two species interbreed where they…
Fake news (9) by Diogenes
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A mixed portfolio
Yes, practical steps are great but political ones are the kind that actually make a difference. That was a quote from a few days ago and from a very thoughtful comment on this blog by Stuart MacKay. The comment was thoughtful but I think this phrase was … well … wrong actually. But it does…
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Guys, guys.
I have to admit that I smiled when I saw Dave Goulson’s tweet as the same words had been ringing round this house for the same reasons. We should soon expect Ian Boyd to be campaigning against the Badger cull, in favour of fixing grouse shooting and criticising the use of insect-killing pesticides I guess….