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Sunday book review – A Wild Child’s Guide to Endangered Animals by Millie Marotta

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This is a delightful book for children, but will appeal to all ages, and would be particularly suitable for parents (or grandparents) to look at with their younger relatives. Millie Marotta is responsible for both the illustrations and the text – and both are very good. The format is pretty simple; full page illustration, and…

Tim Melling – Brown Skua

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Tim writes: skuas are closely related to gulls but differ in their bill structure.  In summer a lid develops from the base of the bill covering the nostrils.  In fact, the old name Pomatorhine for Pomarine Skua translates from Greek as lidded nose, and that lid is visible here in the sitting bird.  These are…

Ban driven grouse shooting – 105,000 signatures

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The Petitions Committee staff tell me that prorogation does not end this or other e-petitions so the there are a few days, or many days, left to sign this e-petion depending on how you think the debate on the timing of the general election will be resolved. There’s a race on to be the highest-scoring…

RSPB local groups – another example

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I am ******** ************, Group Leader of the Rspb *********************** Group, based at **** **** *****. Thank you for your email on a very important topic. I don’t have any problem forwarding to our members and friends. Literally just have, including it into our monthly mailing.  As Rspb members and Local group members, we have…

Press release

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Yorkshire Water is facing a formal investigation by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) over its refusal to disclose the number of red grouse shot on its land. The investigation has been prompted by an official complaint lodged with the ICO by Ban Bloodsports on Yorkshire’s Moors and the League Against Cruel Sports, after Yorkshire Water…

CIEEM press release

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The Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management (CIEEM) has today issued a declaration on the climate emergency and biodiversity crisis. The declaration calls for action from its members, governments and society on reducing greenhouse gas emissions through nature-based solutions.  The declaration stresses that the climate emergency and biodiversity crisis are inextricably linked and must…