Natural England has replied to me, and at least one of you, concerning our emails about the ‘Man guarding his model Hen Harrier in the Peak District’ affair. The email does come from the email address of the Chair and CEO of NE but is signed by the Area Manager for the East Midlands. ‘Thank…
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Well done Rob Sheldon!
Yesterday, at midnight, Rob Sheldon could stop looking at how his e-petition was doing and relax. His e-petition to ban the use of toxic lead ammunition had passed 17,000 signatures and had run its six-month course. 17,051 is a perfectly respectable total – and is probably more than Rob had hoped for at the beginning,…
And thank you Northern Ireland!
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Most of Northern Ireland is far away from any driven grouse shooting and yet the support for our e-petition to ban driven grouse shooting is growing all the time. Here are the numbers of signatures from the 18 Northern Ireland constituencies this time (second number, and after just six weeks) compared with last time (first…
Say No thanks! to destruction of wildlife sites on Gwent Levels – TODAY please.
Whether you call the Gwent Levels a Futurescape or a Living Landscape, or just a really nice place which is rich in wildlife, you might rather see it protected than wrecked by a motorway (see here and here). I know I would. So why not say so? I already have. The RSPB has made it…
Professor Carl Jones Wins 2016 Indianapolis Prize
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Prof Carl Jones has won the prestigious, and valuable, Indianapolis Prize for 2016. I’m a fan of his – so I am very pleased. “The Indianapolis Prize has two primary functions,” said Michael I. Crowther, President & CEO of the Indianapolis Zoological Society, which administers the award. “First, it rewards and honors animal conservationists who…
Thank you (again) Scotland
It’s interesting (well, I think it is) to see where the signatures are coming from this time around. Remember, we have just passed (in six weeks) the previous total of 33,655 signatures (achieved in 26 weeks). Let’s take a closer look at Scotland (more analysis to follow). You only have to look at the map…
Looking forward to visiting Sheffield on Thursday evening
I’m looking forward to speaking about driven grouse shooting and all that stuff – sign here please – on Thursday evening in the Carpenter Room of Sheffield Central Library. Kick-off is 7pm – admission is free but you should book please. Sheffield, of course, sits just to the east of the Peak District National Park,…
First BBS visit
I was up early, although not that early for me, yesterday to visit one of my two Breeding Bird Survey squares. This is the 12th year I have covered this particular 1km square on the border of Cambs and Northants – it almost feels like mine after all this time. The weather was cold, and…
Make toxic lead ammunition a thing of the past
This is your last chance to sign Rob Sheldon’s e-petition to ban the use of toxic lead ammunition. A few more signatures would push this past the 17,000 signatures – a pretty good achievement. A reminder: this e-petition is supported by the RSPB this e-petition is supported…
Did you notice?
Did you notice that we have passed the previous best total for signatures on an e-petition to ban driven grouse shooting? Last time around it took six months, that must be 26 weeks, to reach 33,655 signatures – and I thought that was pretty amazing really – but this time around we passed that total…