Tree planting has been higher in my thoughts than usual recently, with all the GB political parties providing numbers of trees they intend to plant. As a volunteer in practical conservation land management for wildlife trusts etc., I have noticed that, without interference, trees are pretty good at growing themselves. Whether I have been cutting…
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Resolutions
This time last year this was what I resolved; You can decide for yourselves how I did but the fact that you are reading these words might mean that you are still giving me a chance. My own assessment would be I have stood up for nature, I have not been too gratuitously nasty, I…
December 2019 – a record month in a strong year.
And so 2019 draws to an end. How was it for you? Here on this blog, December 2019 was a record December. Previous Decembers had never got into the 80,000s in pageviews, with December 2015 (at 79,000 pageviews) being the best December on record until this year when, as of yesterday, the pageviews already surpassed…
Garden birds 2019
This year I have kept a closer eye on birds in and seen from, or heard from, my garden in east Northants. It has been fun for me. I’ve spent a bit more time in the garden as a result and recorded what I have seen with a bit more care (see note at bottom…
Wildlife crime on grouse moors so well-established that it features on TV quiz shows
On University Challenge (Christmas series) the other night there was a question about which species is ‘… said by the RSPB to be the UK’s most intensively persecuted bird, partly because of illegal killing by gamekeepers on grouse moors’. Neither team got Hen Harrier (even though the scientific name had been given and some other…
Guest blog – A new year new start for nature in our National Parks by Andrew Hall
Andrew Hall is the Campaigns and Communications officer for Campaign for National Parks (CNP). CNP is the only national independent charity dedicated to all the National Parks. CNP was established as the standing committee for committee in 1936 to make the case for the establishment of the National Parks, it is now dedicated to protecting…
Guest blog – War on Wildlife Project by Charlie Moores
A life-long birder, Charlie Moores co-founded Birders Against Wildlife Crime and is a former trustee of League Against Cruel Sports. He writes and makes podcasts about wildlife and the environment. Twitter: @charliemoores So I’m in the kitchen at home, mid-2015. Thinking about things. I’d like to say about Hen Harrier Day or bettering my efforts…
Looking back at 2019 – November and December
The Conservative party won a crucial general election with a slogan, and a manifesto woefully short of environmental policy. This was because the electorate vote with their hearts not their heads and Labour had not given enough people an emotional reason to vote for change. But the slogan will prove to be false and the…
Looking back at 2019 – August – October
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August is always a busy month and this was no exception. Wild Justice organised the biggest Hen Harrier Day event ever – attended by at least 1500 folk. And it was fun. This was closely followed by a meeting with Natural England during which the Petitions Committee, after a curiously long delay, published the latest…
Looking back at 2019 – April – July
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The end of April for me, and on this blog, was somewhat dominated by Wild Justice winning its case against Natural England on general licences. Here are just a few blogs on the subject Wild Justice wins its first legal challenge, Statement by Wild Justice, Wild Justice’s legal challenge – how the case progressed, Nice…