Standing up for Nature
Tim writes: this is a juvenile Western Sandpiper being engulfed by the foam of an incoming wave. It was roosting on a beach when both it and me were taken by surprise by an unusually big wave. I was lying flat on my belly at the time and so was soaked to the skin but…
‘From Havel, we learn that the true heroes of our time are those who stay the course.’ – Bruce Chatwin Earlier this year an e-petition to support grouse shooting ground to a halt with 25,322 signatures following our very successful e-petition calling for a ban reaching 123, 077 signatures – it was a rout! Now…
George Monbiot, Natalie Bennett, Chris Packham. What a great alliance! Join them please. Sign the e-petition to ban driven grouse shooting Join the thunderclap to spread the word
Gordon Yates has supplied some fantastic Hen Harrier images for this blog, but he takes other photographs too – see his website. I’ve never seen Nightjar chicks – aren’t they amazing? Seen here with the female at the nest (such as it is). A reminder of balmy summer days in these early days of December.
Following on from yesterday lunchtime’s blog I have received the following information from Forest Enterprise England. These are the letters sent by FEE’s Chief Executive to BASC and which were mentioned in the previous correspondence. they date from 2015 but they are nonetheless interesting. What do we learn from this? We learn that BASC…
As a trustee of the World Land Trust I’d like to point you in the direction of this Christmas art auction. This online auction ends on 11 December (that’s Monday) so you could spend the weekend mooching and choosing and bidding! Or, quite honestly, if you can’t be bothered with that then why not just…
My name is Dara McAnulty, I’m a 13 year old aspiring naturalist, scientist and conservationist living in Northern Ireland. I write a nature blog called Young Fermanagh Naturalist and I try to do what I can to raise awareness about local as well as national issues which face our wildlife and environment. Ramble…
A week ago RaptorPersecutionUK published a post which revealed that Amanda Anderson of the Moorland Association had said that some of her members were planning to apply for licences to control Marsh Harriers on moorland. RPUK is rarely wrong but we all waited for the rapid, detailed and hurt denial that would have been an…