This bird’s song is sublimely evocative for me. Hearing it, anywhere, even sitting here at my computer, takes me immediately back to the Welsh oakwood on the RSPB Dinas nature reserve. Yes there are Redstarts, Pied Flycatchers, Tree Pipits there but the song of the Wood Warbler is wonderful. And the bird, if you can…
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The latest fully-funded crowdfunder for Wild Justice
This week, Wild Justice’s third crowdfunder was fully funded, even in these difficult times. Our first challenge of the Natural England general licences (see the Jay above) was successful and much of the money raised for that has contributed to the Natural Resources Wales challenge (see Jackdaw above). We are awaiting news from the Court…
A traditional Spring thing
This is Jack by the Hedge or Garlic Mustard growing in my garden – like a weed some would say! But I love it. It’s quite pretty but it is also one of the food plants for Orange Tip butterflies (Milkmaids, Lady’s Smock or Cuckoo Flower is another). So every Spring, I look at the…
RSPB press release – Swifts
Swift numbers plunged 58% between 1995 and 2018 They are the fastest bird in level flight and rarely if ever touch the ground as they eat, sleep and mate on the wing The RSPB is calling on the public to help record where swifts are nesting to help us understand where the best places are…
Bird surveys under COVID 19
Advice from the BTO: Not straightforward is it? That’s what it’s like running an international bird survey with different administrations taking slightly different lines on travel etc. Still, you might expect a global pandemic to have some major impacts and this isn’t one of them! Restrictions in Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland will have to…