I think that Evan Davies is a brilliant presenter of PM and I was pleased to hear him trying to get a word in edgeways with Chris Packham yesterday. Now I assume that Chris was speaking from his home in the New Forest and Evan Davies was in some radio studio far away and so…
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General licence consultation (England) closes on Thursday
The DEFRA consultation over the general licences closes on Thursday at the interesting time of 23:45. It appears to be a serious consultation about the way forward and it asks for evidence to back up your views. If you are thinking of responding online then you will need to allow at least half an hour…
Election watch (15) – my choice apparently
Not exactly an honest description of the choice facing the voters of Corby, is it? I’ll be voting for the Labour candidate, Beth Miller, whose existence the Conservative candidate seems to fail to acknowledge… One factor is that of the three candidates standing in Corby (there is a LibDem too, Chris Stanbra) then two of…
Ringers kill that bird!
Subject: BTO: Updated guidance on the release of non-native species – Important: please read Dear In recent years the Government has been reviewing legislation around non-native species with the aim of limiting their impact on native wildlife. Under the Wildlife & Countryside Act (1981), it is illegal to release any plant or animal into the…
Garden birds November 2019
November has been a bit of a dank month and most of my birdwatching was done in the first half of it. I added one species to the 2019 garden list which was also a new species, ever, for the garden. The species in question was a fly-over but its wingbar and inane twittering called…
Seven Worlds, One Planet (6)
For the penultimate programme (or, more appropriately, ‘program’ (although not necessarily)) we were in North America. I like North America. The fireflies were stars, but the Prairie Dogs (which I think were filmed in the Badlands NP but I might be wrong) were CLRs (see here and here for more on CLRs). Roadrunners are amazing….
Guest blog – Langholm Moor Community Buyout by Kevin Cumming
My name is Kevin Cumming, I work for the Langholm Initiative charity, based in the town of Langholm in Dumfries and Galloway. I hold a BA (hons) in Business Administration and an MSc in Conservation and Management of Protected Areas. Currently I manage the LI’s Wild Eskdale project which aims to promote eco-tourism in the…
Tim Melling – Bald Eagle
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Tim writes: this is a recently-fledged Bald Eagle. In fact, it is so recently-fledged that it still has the thread-like plumes still attached to the end of its flight feathers. These usually fall off after the first couple of flights. The background is the temperate rainforest of western Canada with clinging clouds. I much prefer…
This blog’s books of the year 2019
This blog has reviewed 25 books this year (and many thanks to Ian Carter for his reviews). My selection of the ‘top 5’ books of the year is as follows; Number 5 A beautifully produced book about beautiful habitats which are so much rarer now than in the past. See my review here. Number 4…
Tim Melling – Dipper
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Tim writes: iiving in the Pennines I see lots of Dippers. But they seem to prefer shady, wooded rivers to ones on the open hillside. So I was really pleased to stumble across a pair that were nesting behind a small waterfall in full sunshine out on the open moorland. I sat quietly and the…