Well done Phil Lavender. There was also a police notice asking people to call 191 if anyone knew anything about bird of prey killing.
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Guest Blog – ‘Glimmers of Hope’ revisited by the BTO’s David Noble
David Noble: I am the Principal Ecologist for Monitoring at the BTO and have been producing and reporting on annual updates of the Wild Bird Indicators for what feels like forever. My twitter name is @AparaNoble The recent publication of the government’s annual update of the Wild Bird Indicators has led to a difference in opinion…
Press release – National Trust to release Beavers in England
National Trust announces first beaver reintroductions The National Trust has announced plans to release Eurasian beavers at two sites in the south of England next spring to help with flood management and to improve biodiversity. The beaver reintroductions will be the first made by the conservation charity, linking to its ambitions to create priority habitats…
Election watch (3)
My former MP, Tom Pursglove, the Conservative candidate for Corby, has not replied to my letter of a month ago. It seems that he wants me to draw my own conclusions about him being one of just seven Conservative MPs receiving funding from a Ukrainian-born oligarch. OK, I can do that. I see the Guardian…
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There is a general election on 12 December and if you are 18 years old then you are entitled to vote. But you can only actually vote if you are registered to vote. You have until midnight on Tuesday 26 November to register to vote. It takes just a few minutes to register. Without wanting…
Press release – Back from the Brink
Effort to save endangered species voted best heritage project at National Lottery Awards The rare-species conservation project was voted the best heritage project by members of the public at the National Lottery 25th Birthday celebration In just three years, the project has brought together experts and almost 3,000 volunteers providing more than twenty-years-worth of volunteer…
Press release – from the Labour Party
Labour sets out £4.5m funding boost to fight hare coursing, fox hunting and other wildlife crimes in support of ambitious animal welfare manifesto Tomorrow (Tuesday), Labour will announce additional police resources to support plans laid out in the most radical animal welfare plan anywhere in the world. The plans will double the number of police officers tasked to prosecute wildlife crimes…
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Some time on Saturday this blog passed 1,000,000 pageviews for 2019 so far. For context, here are the previous four years (1 Jan – 31 Dec): 2018, 898k pageviews 2017, 876k pageviews 2016, 1,254k pageviews 2015, 808k pageviews
Election watch (2)
Recent heather burning on Bradfield Moor, the Peak District leaves land looking like this… …which doesn’t act very well in holding water in the hills. A woodland would be much better at holding water. I wonder how we could get a woodland to grow in the Peak District? How about, stopping burning the land? The…
Seven Worlds, One Planet (4)
Australia – another amazing programme. I’ve been to Australia once and I doubt I’ll ever go back. I was there in 2005 and we left Heathrow while the first of the Ashes tests was happening at Lord’s – England was obviously heading for a defeat. Just over two weeks later (after my first kangaroos, Duck-billed…