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RSPB press release – Mice attacking adult albatrosses
House mice seen attacking adult albatrosses for the first time Introduced house mice on the UK Overseas Territory of Gough Island in the South Atlantic have been seen attacking adult albatrosses for the first time Without action, the Tristan albatross is likely to become extinct Plans are underway to save this and other species. The…
Election watch (18) – the People-Power Index
I was sent this link by a reader of this blog (Thank you, Paul!). The People-Power Index aims to assess an MP’s openness and responsiveness to constituents. I would regard it as much as an interesting first attempt rather than a definitive study but, interesting it certainly is. Of 650 MPs my own lies at…
Launched today
This report, launched at 11am today at an event hosted by the Green Party, is different. It is written by a small group of wildlife enthusiasts, none of whom has worked at a high level in nature conservation but all of whom are respected authorities on the natural world. The authors are Patrick Barkham (Guardian…
Press release – Nature of Scotland Awards
Celebrating the champions of Scottish Nature Last night the winners of the Nature of Scotland Awards 2019 were announced by Gordon Buchanan. RSPB Scotland and co-sponsor Scottish Natural Heritage were proud to celebrate some of the people and projects from across the country that are doing their best to save nature, at the eighth annual Nature of Scotland Awards. The awards presentation was held at the Sheraton…
Election watch (17) – High Peak
The YouGov poll of about a week ago put the High Peak seat into the category of ‘tossup’ which I take to be a comment on the difficulty of predicting the winner. This is hardly surprising since it was a somewhat unexpected Labour gain last time around. Because I have a soft spot for the…
Election watch (16)
Betting confidence in a Tory majority on 13 December is waning. A week ago the Betfair odds on a Conservative majority were around 4/6 whereas now they are a tad below Even money. That still means that it looks (to the market) as though it’s a coin-toss between a Conservative majority and a hung parliament…
This blog in November
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This blog always ends the year, in November and December, with two rather slower months. They are often two of the least busy months of the year in terms of numbers of page views of the blog, comments and readers. November having 30 days is one factor and then there is relatively little news over…
Book review – The Twelve Birds of Christmas by Stephen Moss
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Ho! Ho! Ho! Merry Christmas! from the pen of Stephen Moss. Partridges in pear trees, Colly Birds, large flocks of Turtle Doves and swans and geese – but where do all the other species come from? Stephen Moss uses his wit and wisdom to retrofit a bunch of birds to the Christmas carol and does…