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The latest report, Population estimates of birds in Great Britain and the United Kingdom shows that the Wren continues to hold the title of our commonest bird – the last report in 2013 also had Wren at the top of the list but with a population of just over 8.5 million pairs. Wren numbers are…

I wrote last August about the outrageous cheek of Natural England crowdfunding for a variety of projects, some of which look very much like its statutory duties to me, and others look like a complete waste of time (see here, here). In the ‘complete waste of time’ category is Natural England’s plan to reintroduce Hen…

And so we move from Day 1 to Day 2 of this crowdfunder – great start. Thank you! People are so generous. And there is £3900+ still to be transferred from a previous successful case – I’ve just nudged Crowdjustice asking them to do this quickly please. Here is the link to the crowdfunder –…

There is plenty of interest to read in this month’s British Birds. For example, Adrian Pitches’s always-excellent News and Comment section talks about Werritty, the first successful breeding of Spoon-billed Sandpipers at Slimbridge, our own wild-hacking story, the impacts of a heatwave on Guillemots in the Pacific and much more. But as you can see…

Oxford-Cambridge rail scheme’s “net gain” commitment shows HS2 failing nature Transport Secretary’s announcement of preferred route for East West Rail timely reminder of HS2’s failure to protect environment Responding to the Secretary of State for Transport Grant Shapp’s announcement on 30 January of the preferred route for the proposed East West Rail connection between Oxford…