Consider which you would consider as five of the best UK birdwatching sites. It would be tricky to name your top five but I wonder whether the five sites picked out by Rachel Dixon in the Guardian would get in your top 100? 200? I guess every five are ‘five of the best’ in a…
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Dr Coffey’s reading list (5)
Dr Therese Coffey is the junior minister at Defra. When Gavin Gamble’s e-petition in favour of banning driven grouse shooting passes 10,000 signatures (and it stands at over 9300) then Dr Coffey will need to sign off a government response. In order that she does not make Defra look even more foolish than they do…
Dr Coffey’s reading list (4)
Dr Therese Coffey is the junior minister at Defra. When Gavin Gamble’s e-petition in favour of banning driven grouse shooting passes 10,000 signatures (and it stands at c9250 today) then Dr Coffey will need to sign off a government response. In order that she does not make Defra look even more foolish than they do…
I’ve been short-listed
This is quite a surprise and a nice one too. I’ve been short-listed by ‘The Great Outdoors‘ as a campaigner of the year. That’s very nice of them, and a treat just to be mentioned. Looking at the lists was an education – I don’t know many names but I think I’ll be voting for…
A good evening with BTO & SWLA
I missed last year’s BTO evening with the SWLA so I was glad to make this one. Always a good evening with an interesting mixture of people. The Mall Galleries is a pretty good setting for an event and it was filled on Wednesday evening. I’m sure the artwork was superb but I hardly saw…
Pretty or not?
All that lead, all that burning – sustainable upland management? Please sign this e-petition to ban driven grouse shooting.
Dr Coffey’s reading list (3)
Dr Therese Coffey is the junior minister at Defra. When Gavin Gamble’s e-petition in favour of banning driven grouse shooting passes 10,000 signatures (and it passed 9000 yesterday) then Dr Coffey will need to sign off a government response. In order that she does not make Defra look even more foolish than they do already…
Guest blog – Making Notes and Plans by Tim Reed
Although an ornithologist by training, Tim Reed has a background in monitoring and data quality- starting with standardising management planning and data recording for the statutory sector, moving on to developing the widely-used Common Standards site condition model. After a long period introducing peer-reviewable data and biodiversity and ecosystem reporting models in big corporates around…
Dr Coffey’s reading list (2)
Dr Therese Coffey is the junior minister at Defra. When Gavin Gamble’s e-petition in favour of banning driven grouse shooting passes 10,000 signatures then Dr Coffey will need to sign off a government response. In order that she does not make Defra look even more foolish than they do already I am providing a reading…
FSA advice on lead-shot game
The government response to the Lead Ammunition Group’s report, back in July last year, was that the Food Standard Agency’s advice is adequate. The FSA advice on human health aspects of eating game shot with lead is pretty good (although it could be better if you read the minutes of Lead Ammunition Group meetings) and…