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I’m grateful to my MP, Tom Pursglove, for getting this letter out of DEFRA. Sounds great doesn’t it?

Forty years ago, in early April 1980 I helped my boss Dr John Krebs (now Prof The Lord Krebs of Wytham Woods, FRS) to finish off a field experiment looking at the function of bird song. Bird song is thought (I would say known, actually) to play important roles in both territorial defence (in birds…

… on who I should vote for as Labour leader. I have voted for Keir Starmer.

…we should be half way through Day 1 of a scheduled one and a half day hearing in front of three Appeal Court judges on brood meddling of Hen Harriers. I don’t know which court we are in or who the judges will be, yet. And whatever happens, we will have to wait a matter…

Nigel Hand, a professional herpetologist, has been at the forefront of UK reptile and adder conservation and research for over twenty years, developing a methodology of external radio transmitter attachment to track this relatively small snake.  His monitoring reptiles and radio tracking adders has provided valuable insights into their secret habits and the issues they…