Standing up for Nature
Tim writes: I have heard this bird described by three different names plus one uncomplimentary nickname. The official name is Common Rosefinch, but older bird books describe it as Scarlet Rosefinch or Scarlet Grosbeak. But there are dozens of Rosefinch species in Asia, most of which have pink males, so scarlet doesn’t really differentiate it. …
I’ll be here today… …because this happens… … and governments aren’t doing nearly enough to stop it. #stopkillinghenharriers
What a bird eh? This is a food pass in mid air where the male (above) passes prey that he has caught to the female (below) who takes it back to the nest and the chicks. What a sight! And what a brilliantly captured image by Gordon Yates. Yet these protected birds are very rarely…
Thank you, Mr Carbo.
Dear Mr Mark Avery, Thank you for your complaint of Sunday the 5th of August 2018, regarding RFI 3929. We are committed to fully investigating all complaints from our customers and you will receive a response at stage 1 of the complaints process no later than Tuesday the 28th of August 2018. Our complaints procedure…
Young eagles soar in the skies over Hoy White-tailed eagle chicks take flight in Orkney for the first time in more than 150 years The two white-tailed eagle chicks that hatched in Hoy in May, have successfully fledged, RSPB Scotland announced today. They are the first young white-tailed eagles to take to the Orkney…
Reaction from the shooting community to the sound of shooting and the coverage of a trapped Peregrine on a grouse moor in the Forest of Bowland: The Good: BASC are pretty much spot on in what they say: BASC statement on RSPB peregrine film BASC utterly condemns raptor persecution and other wildlife crime. There…
Jonny Hughes in 1993 at Coul Links while working as a summer warden for the Scottish Wildlife Trust. The dunes were a wildlife reserve under a 25 year agreement with Cambusmore Estate in those days but the estate unfortunately decided not to renew the agreement and the triple protected site is now imminently threatened by…
There are many thunderous supporters of Findlay Wide’s thunderclap that will echo out on 12 August. Supporters include the RSPB, RSPCA, Wildlife Trusts, Chris Packham, Caroline Lucas MP, Natalie Bennett, Nick Miles, Birdwatch, Birdguides, Rare Bird Alert, Birders Against Wildlife Crime and lots and lots of others, as you can see by the numbers…
Many thanks to the reader of this blog who pointed me in this direction (click here) where we find this table… …which goes back as far as 2012 but only appears to have 12 cases in it, but the two at the end of the list are as follows; So, Bowland is in the news…