Tim writes: Green Woodpeckers are shy birds that I rarely see well. They are thin on the ground where I live in the Pennines and extremely skittish. I hear them call more often than I see them, and when I do see them it is often a flight view, or of one hiding on the…
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Guest blog – Keep the Red Grouse Flying by James Walsh
James Walsh, also known as The Mancunian Birder, ecologist / author / journalist, is the author of “Northern Greenhouse – A New Vision of the North” and “Greater Manchester Birding City Region” Twitter: @MancunianBirder Website: mancunianbirder.wordpress.com YouTube: Mancunian Birder Here he keeps the Red Grouse flag flying high… whilst listening to Aztec Camera on Buzz…
Press release – Rewilding Britain
Natural regeneration key to doubling woodlands and saving Britain’s crippled forests Government’s draft England Tree Strategy ‘woefully inadequate’ Allowing trees to naturally establish over huge areas could massively expand Britain’s woodlands more effectively and at a fraction of the cost of tree planting, according to research by Rewilding Britain. It says the Government’s draft England Tree Strategy,…
EU Member states vote for lead ban in all wetlands
This from the EU Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries; Woohoo! Obviously welcomed by conservationists across Europe. As I understand it this will include wetlands like blanket bogs and so, if only we were still in the EU, it would include driven grouse shooting. I’m still a Remainer but luckily (ha!ha!) all those Brexiteers like…