Les Wallace’s epetition, having secured over 10,000 signatures, was entitled to an honest, serious and lucid response from Defra but it failed to get one. We know that these responses are signed off by government ministers and we assume that this one was signed off by the minister responsible for the areas covered by the…
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Paul Leyland – Great Pied Hoverfly
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Paul writes: the Great Pied Hoverfly (Volucella pellucens) is pretty easy to identify. It is one of the largest flies in the UK with a body length of 13-17mm and wing length of up to 15mm. The size, combined with the black and white body, a protruding yellow face and a beautiful dark wing patch…
6000th blog post
I couldn’t let the moment pass without marking the fact that this is this blog’s 6000th post. And, with all respect to Paul Leyland and the marvellous image with interesting words coming up here at 6pm, I did want a landmark post to be written by me. From the very first blog post, which rather…
Wild Justice some more thank yous
We’re thrilled by the reception that the launch of Wild Justice has received. One aspect that has amazed us is how generous people have been in donating money to Wild Justice. Thank you! Much of our fundraising for individual projects will be using crowdfunding platforms such as Crowd Justice. Such platforms are trusted, well-known and…
You support the youth climate ‘strike’.
Hardly surprising for readers of this blog but an overwhelming majority of you support those young people who walked out of school to protest over climate inaction; of 341 respondents, 95.6% (326) support the ‘strike’ and 4.4% (15) do not. The Prime Minister’s official spokesperson was reported as saying, rather unwisely I thought; Everybody wants…
Wild Justice – thank you for clicking!
I’ve spent time in the garden, some time birdwatching and some time in front of the TV today. But I’ve also been watching the number of subscribers to the Wild Justice newsletter steadily mounting through the day. I’ve also been sending emails to folk who are still in the ‘Confirmation Pending’ category in our records…
Tim Melling – Elliot’s Laughingthrush
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Tim writes: This is Elliot’s laughingthrush (Trochalopteron elliotii), a songbird found in Central China and the extreme NE part of India. It occurs at high altitudes from about 1200 to 4800m in forest and scrub. But like all laughingthrushes, they are heard more often than they are seen. This was unusual to see one perched…
Guest blog series, A Break from Humanity (12) by Ian Carter.
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Continued from last Saturday A few days later I went back to the north-east of the island, this time with my fishing rod, threading it through the tall stems of Bracken as I walked, or even hoisting it over my head, above the dense canopy of fronds. I’d not managed to find anywhere else on…
Wild Justice website up and running again
After a day and a bit of being off-line the Wild Justice website came back to life again yesterday. You can access the site at wildjustice.org.uk . Thank you for your patience. The best way to keep in touch with Wild Justice is to subscribe to our newletter. You can do this through the orange…
Saturday cartoon by Ralph Underhill
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