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Tim Melling – Weddell Seal
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Tim writes: the Weddell Seal was named after a seal hunter called James Weddell (1787-1834), who also had the Weddell Sea named after him. These Seals have the distinction of occurring further south on the planet than any other mammal. That’s because they usually live on permanent ice that is attached to land, using holes…
RSPB on driven grouse shooting
There was an interesting bit on the Today programme yesterday (click here, between 0845 and 0850) when Beccy Speight of the RSPB talked about the State of Nature report (and see here). Beccy did well but then, rather out of the blue, she was asked about grouse shooting and the fact that some people, including…
Saturday cartoon by Ralph Underhill
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To be fair…
Ryanair has a bit of an image problem even though its planes are packed! Just because portions of the population think that Ryanair would charge you for breathing if they could get away with it doesn’t mean that they don’t fly to places that people want to go (or just down the road from them…
Getting the message across?
Here are the quotes sent out by the organisations who are part of this joint effort. I’ve ordered them by how much I like them – most-liked at the top. Basically, the message that needs to be got across is : 1, what’s the problem? 2, why should I care? and 3, what needs to…
State of Nature report 2019
The launch on Channel 4 News was a good idea, but the ‘sitting in a barn’ bit was pretty poor really, just all over the place. The whole thing was rescued by the young people! Well done Jess Nicholls, Mya-Rose Craig, Sophie Pavelle, Dan Rouse, Bella Lack and (token male) James Miller! Their messages were…
Press release – State of Nature Partnership (UK)
No let-up in net loss of UK’s nature The UK’s wildlife continues to decline according to the State of Nature 2019 report. The latest findings show that since rigorous scientific monitoring began in the 1970s there has been a 13% decline in average abundance across wildlife studied and that the declines continue unabated. Following the…
Press release – State of Nature Partnership (Scotland)
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Urgent action needed to halt continued decline of Scotland’s wildlife. Scotland’s wildlife continues to decline, according to the most comprehensive State of Nature report ever produced. The latest findings show that in the five decades since consistent scientific monitoring began there has been a 24% decline in average species abundance across monitored wildlife. The report…
Guest blog – World Land Trust Big Match Fortnight by Andrew Langley
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World Land Trust’s Big Match Fortnight 3 October is the start of World Land Trust’s Big Match Fortnight, ending on 17 October, which this year is raising funds for their Scorched Earth to Forest Haven appeal. This appeal is aiming to raise £575,000 to begin transforming 246 acres of barren slopes in an area of…