RSPB press release: Yet another hen harrier disappears in suspicious circumstances in North Yorkshire This is the ninth tagged hen harrier in three months to vanish in similar circumstances in the UK Hen harriers have declined by a quarter since 2004 and are on the brink of extinction in England North Yorkshire is ‘worst county in…
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Wuthering Moors 78 – NE and Defra must act
This post is about damaging tracks, past and present, on protected moorland. I’d like to take you back in time on Walshaw Moor. This photograph was posted on this blog in Wuthering Moors 39, 13 September 2013. I pointed out that this place was marked on the OS map as a stream but now (in…
Paul Leyland – Black-veined White
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Paul writes: The Black-veined White (Aporia crataegi) is a large striking-looking butterfly which used to occur in England but became extinct here around 1925. It was generally a fairly localised species mainly in southern England but occurred as far north as Yorkshire. It is still uncertain why it became extinct because its main foodplants, Hawthorn…
Save the dates – 15-17 November, N3N
The 10th anniversary New Networks for Nature conference is this week, starting on Thursday evening and ending Saturday afternoon. I’ll be there on the Friday and I am particularly looking forward to the chat between Caroline Lucas and Barbara Young. Click here for more details – please note, ticket sales close at 9am on Wednesday…
Remember (2)
It seems appropriate today to mention this review of a book about Second World War British prisoners of war. Birds in a Cage by Derek Niemann was reviewed here on 14 November 2012. An extract: Birds in a Cage is the story of four British prisoners of war, Second Lieutenant Peter Conder, Second Lieutenant John…