Standing up for Nature
I expected this book to be a great visual treat considering the imprint from which it comes, and it is, but it is also a very interesting read. You can’t go far wrong with photos of cats – the internet is full of them – but these images of wild European Lynx are superb. …
Tim writes: I think this is the first time I have managed to capture the eye detail in a Buzzard, which is especially good as he’s looking right down at me. Their plumage is variable and this is quite a pale individual, and identifiable as an adult by the thick, dark trailing edge to the…
Dear Mr Cantlay Your standard letter on the subject of the Raven cull, which I received yesterday, is a poor thing. Whoever drafted it for you isn’t doing a good job. Your letter slides around the subject in a most unappealing manner. You seem to want to justify the licensing of your Raven cull on…
Many of us have had this standard letter from the chair of SNH: Thank you for your recent correspondence on the subject of the issue of a research licence to the Strathbraan Community Collaboration for Waders. I welcome that so many people in this country care passionately about the welfare of all our wildlife…
David Elias is now retired but worked for RSPB, NCC and CCW mostly as a warden on various reserves. He also spent some time working in a national park in Malawi. His last stint was on the Berwyn Mountains in North Wales – so hen harriers are close to his heart. He lives near Bala…
I was slightly surprised to see Primrose on Plantlife’s list of flowers it is OK to pick – I’m not sure why really because this is the third (out of three so far) of the ‘Plantlife 12 pickable species’ that I get in my garden! But I’ve always put Primroses on a bit of…
Things are moving, though not incredibly quickly, with our legal challenge to brood meddling. I’ll be getting a full update from our lawyers today. Another snippet from my witness statement: