Tim writes: I have posted these two photographs as interesting anomalies, because most birdwatchers learn that the easiest way to tell a (non-singing) Chiffchaff from a Willow Warbler is by leg colour. Chiffchaffs have dark legs and Willow Warblers have pale legs. But not always. The top bird here is a Willow Warbler with dark…
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10 days to go with the e-action
Over 62,000 e-actions have been taken since Hen Harrier Day, pressing elected politicians to act on wildlife crime and generally on the ecological problems associated with driven grouse shooting. Thank you – it’s an amazing response and I’m sure it has quite a way to go still. 62,000 e-actions in 14 days. 10 days still…
A good standard response from Labour MPs to our e-action
Over 58,000 e-actions have been taken since Hen Harrier Day, pressing elected politicians to act on wildlife crime and generally on the ecological problems associated with driven grouse shooting. Thank you – it’s an amazing response and I’m sure it has quite a way to go still. The Labour Party is slow to send out…
Press release – Langholm Initiative
£500,000 donation keeps race-against-time community buyout bid alive One of Scotland’s largest community buyouts that has appeared at risk in recent weeks has received a major boost thanks to a £0.5 million pledge from the Dunblane-based Carman Family Foundation. The community of the small town of Langholm in Dumfries and Galloway aims to buy 10,500 acres…
After a very long wait…
This review was published yesterday. It is a major part of the DEFRA response to a Wild Justice legal challenge over the failure of DEFRA to assess the impacts of the unregulated release of tens of millions (47+ million Pheasants and 10 million Red-legged Partridges) on non-native gamebirds on sites of conservation importance. Wild Justice…