From Twitter: Tim Bonner’s best tweet since his Linnethawk one. Worth a retweet to help spread the message to move away from poisonous lead ammo – some people don’t know whether they are coming or going though ( see BASC spoke with forked tongue?). In other news from the shooting bubble, Duncan Thomas has changed…
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Hen Harriers in the news
This long read’ (not too long) in The Herald is well worth a few minutes of your time. It’s a refreshingly sane and well-informed account of illegal persecution of Hen Harriers in Scotland. Let’s hope Roseanna Cunningham has read it (she will have done). The SNP government is dragging its feet on its response to…
Paul Leyland – Syritta pipiens
Social Distancing Week 16. Syritta pipiens. Paul writes: Syritta pipiens is one of the commonest garden hoverflies. It isn’t as obvious as lots of its bigger or more brightly coloured cousins but once you know what to look for spotting it is quite simple. They’re about 7mm long, very narrow bodied with a rounded head…
Sunday book review – Cottongrass Summer by Roy Dennis
This book reminds me strongly of Aldo Leopold’s A Sand County Almanac which is a classic of the ecological literature, and I can think of no better comparison to give you an idea of its content and of this book’s quality and worth. Like Leopold’s book, this book is set largely in the area where…
Guest blog – Rebirth by Danilo Selvaggi
Danilo Selvaggi is Director General of Lipu, Italy’s BirdLife partner, having been in charge of institutional relations. He has a long involvement with environmental politics, communications and cultural ecology, and been an adviser to the Environment Ministry. A graduate in philosophy, he has focused especially on the social and cultural implications of philosophy, especially in…