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Press release – Langholm Initiative

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£300,000 game-changer for southern Scotland’s biggest community buyout as deadline looms A “game-changing” £300,000 has boosted a small community’s attempt to secure southern Scotland’s biggest community land buyout – bringing its funding total to £3.1 million – as a 31 October deadline looms. The Langholm Moor Community Buyout – led by the award-winning Langholm Initiative charity –…

Phew! No red tag of shame.

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Two weeks ago our recycling bin’s contents were rejected so yesterday we had a brim-full bin after a month. And it has all gone. Phew! It did make me think that aside from Christmas, we could probably manage with a monthly collection, or more easily every three weeks. And our rubbish bin of non-recyclable stuff…

An interesting paper – Pb in Buzzards

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This is an interesting paper. Here is the Abstract; Ingestion of lead (Pb) derived from ammunition used in the hunting of game animals is recognised to be a significant potential source of Pb exposure of wild birds, including birds of prey. However, there are only limited data for birds of prey in Europe regarding tissue…

Hawk and Owl Trust favour removal of lead ammunition

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Many readers of this blog may no longer care what the Hawk and Owl Trust thinks about things, in its post Philip Merricks state, but that would be uncharitable. And so when tipped off that the H&OT have developed a policy on lead ammunition I was keen to see what it was. This is what…

Guest blog – Blake Lee-Harwood of Sustainable Fisheries Partnership

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Blake Lee-Harwood is a UK-based environmental campaigner who has spent long periods working with NGOs like Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth and RSPB as well as stints as a government advisor and consultant to industry. He is passionate about wildlife, and particularly the marine environment, and spends his non-working hours either mucking about with boats…