Mark’s blogs on Blackberrying (see here and here) triggered me to put down a few thoughts. I am a blackberry-er. In fact, I’m probably a downright scrumper and forager of all sorts. I have never seen it as that, I have always seen it as utilising part of a wild food resource. Going berry-ing was…
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Wild Justice’s views on the new general licences in Wales
Summary: pretty good, still room for improvment – see here.
NEWS: We have been granted leave to appeal brood-meddling
I have been given leave to appeal Hon Justice Lang’s decision that brood-meddling of Hen Harrier nests is legal. The fight goes on! It doesn’t exactly look spectacular online, does it? RSPB has also been given leave to appeal on the same issue. We learned of this by noticing the online decision, as we have…
Those two missing Hen Harriers
News has now emerged about both of the missing Hen Harriers from the controversial brood-meddled nest of this year (see these two blog posts by Raptor Persecution UK 2nd brood meddled hen harrier chick vanished from grouse moor in Yorkshire Dales National Park and Brood meddled hen harrier chick vanished from grouse moor on Bowes Estate,…
Pine Martens in the Forest of Dean
The news that Pine Martens have been released into the Forest of Dean is good news – unless you are a Grey Squirrel (you aren’t are you?). The evidence is strong, and growing, that native Pine Martens see off non-native Grey Squirrels (and where they exist, allow Red Squirrels to recapture the woods) – see…
Please sign this e-petition
I’m grateful to what I imagine were lots of readers of this blog, as well as others, who signed the e-petition calling for the repeal of the Weeds Act 1959. Thank you. If you didn’t sign that one earlier then please have a look at it now even though it has passed the important 10,000…
What do you think of birds of prey?
Amy is a third-year student at Nottingham Trent University, studying for her BSc Wildlife Conservation degree. She has created this questionnaire to determine public perceptions of birds of prey in Northern Ireland compared to England. The data received will be analysed and interpreted for my dissertation. All returned questionnaires will be completely anonymous, so please…
Extinction Rebellion
My experience of London is that the traffic is in a jam even when ER aren’t on the streets. But this Roller was stopped for a chat near Marsham St earlier today. And a nice T-shirt too.
More information please…
Do you remember campaigns about using seat belts, not drinking and driving, sticking to speed limits and how to cross the road safely? I do. Do you remember a media campaign telling us that new coins were arriving and that there would soon be 100 pennies to the pound rather than 240 of them (yes…
Tim Melling – White-chinned Petrel
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Tim writes: white-chinned Petrel (Procellaria aequinoctialis) is a large petrel with a wingspan on nearly 1.5m. Within the petrel family, only the two Giant Petrels are larger. I have always thought that it was inappropriately named as its white chin is such a trivial feature. Its plumage is the colour of dark chocolate apart from…