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This is an occasional update on the main Twitter accounts of some of our favourite wildlife organisations (and BASC and GWCT). The table below shows the number of followers in thousands (NT 886,000 followers). A caveat: you can’t judge a man, or an organisation, by the size of their Twitter following, but in a world…

This paper, from GWCT scientists and the Woodcock Network, is a fascinating insight into Woodcock behaviour and is another example of the great value of satellite telemetry in moving on our understanding of bird movements by leaps and bounds. There is a declining UK breeding population of Woodcocks which in winter is greatly augmented by…

The 2019 Breeding Bird Survey report has been online for some time (which is very good – things are speeding up) and my paper copy arrived a while ago but I have now read most of what I am ever going to read in it. It’s a very good report – the 25th report covering…

The BBC Radio 4 programme (20 minutes in), More or Less, was asked by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall about Pheasant numbers in the UK. Pat Thompson of the RSPB gave the figure, the most up-to-date figure available, of 47 million captive-bred Pheasants released into the countryside each year (but maybe not this year). And it is because…

There have been two guest blogs here by Kevin Cumming who is leading the buy-out attempt for Langholm Moor see here 2 December 2019, and 7 May 2020. There’s a well-produced and interesting podcast available here where you can hear more about things from Kevin and it ends with a chat with me. The fundraiser…