Standing up for Nature
This was Bowland Knotts yesterday evening – it was a lovely clear evening. It’s a pretty deserted place on the road across the moors from Slaidburn to Clapham in Bowland – a few Curlew and lots of Meadow Pipits – but there was a relatively big crowd there at 8am this morning as the Marathon…
Last week I completed my second visit to my second BBS square. It was a pretty standard, slightly quiet visit. But one can only record the birds in front of you and I think I did that pretty diligently. I’ve been surveying this square in east Northants since 2012 and it was surveyed by somebody…
How odd https://mrkortingscode.nl/toplists/top-20-natures-blog-2019/
Today Henry Morris and some friends are going to start running through the grouse moors of the north of England to highlight the plight of Hen Harriers. Henry will be wearing a satellite tag and you can follow his progress as he runs through the hills – follow the run here in real time. Support…
Where did June go? I know I was in Scotland for over a week (and you know I was there too as I wrote about the Flow Country here and here) but suddenly June is gone. I have added a species to my garden list for the year but not to the overall garden list…
. Bird Photographer of the Year and Hookpod by Paul Sterry As naturalists, photographers and conservationists, the Bird Photographer of the Year (BPOTY) team sees firsthand the mounting pressures on bird populations around the World. If bird photography is going to thrive and not become metaphorically speaking a dying art we must all do our…
Here are a few quotes from the paper; Since I am known for campaigning for a ban on driven grouse shooting, I should be clear that I am not in favour of banning Pheasant shooting. Pheasants are naturalised in all European countries except Iceland. The European population, as measured in spring by national bird monitoring…
The news of two young Golden Eagles, Adam and Charlie, disappearing in the Strathbraan grouse-shooting area within hours of each other on 18 April is truly shocking. Watch the video and you will see for the first time ever, that I can recall, the story being told so clearly, so quickly and by such a…
World Land Trust website
Paul Leyland: This is a new butterfly for me in the UK. I’ve seen plenty in mainland Europe but it was nice to find one closer to home. I saw it on 20 June at Lullington Heath on the South Downs in East Sussex. This is a lovely National Nature Reserve which consists of two…