The Travelling Naturalist and Wildlife Worldwide have added their names to the list of operators in support of the following letter: FOR THE ATTENTION OF MS KATRIN JAKOBSDOTTIR PRIME MINISTER OF ICELAND Dear Ms Jakobsdottir, We are all UK-based tour operators who bring parties of wildlife enthusiasts to your beautiful country. We have…
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Red Kites in July
I’m keeping a note of whether I see Red Kites on each day through the year – the July tally was a rather low 15 days out of 31 . January: 22 days out of 31. February: 24 days out of 28. March: 26 days out of 31. April: 20 days out of 30….
Findlay the thunderous!
10 days to go to sign up to this social media thunderclap – please do! You’ll be joining me, the RSPB and the Wildlife Trusts for starters!
That date still needs saving…
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Macca and the Stoats
Press release from RSPB and SNH The Orkney Native Wildlife Project, which is a partnership between Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) and RSPB Scotland, aims to protect Orkney’s native wildlife by removing stoats, an invasive non-native predator that was first recorded in Orkney in 2010. Stoats are native to the UK Mainland but not…
A good year for Hen Harriers in England – let’s hear it for the voles!
Hen Harriers in England have had a good breeding season this year – there were 14 nesting attempts, of which 9 produced a total of 34 fledged young. These 9 nests were, I think: 3 nests on United Utilities land (where grouse shooting occurs) in the Forest of Bowland, Lancashire, which were guarded by RSPB…
Nice bag RSPB
It was good to see tht my Nature’s Home magazine (it’s still a ghastly name) came through the letterbox in a compostable wrapper. Well done RSPB! The wrapper says that you can recycle it in four ways: Put it in your compost heap Put it in your green garden waste bin Put it in…
Cool Coul news
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Good news for Coul Links – a pause, if not a reprieve. See also: Conservation partnership unites to protect precious dune habitat in Sutherland from development, 30 August 2016 and Not at all cool at Coul , 7 November 2017. Press release issued yesterday afternoon by RSPB, Plantlife, Buglife, Scottish Wildlife Trust, National…
Save the date – 22 September
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A’Mhoine 2
This is interesting. It relates to the plan, or should that be incredibly vague idea, to build a space port (whatever that might be) on the A’Mhoine peninsula in Sutherland – ‘a remote boggy stretch of land’. Have a look at this journey made by a young Golden Eagle in 2014 where it headed off…