Wild Justice has recently started subscribing to The Shooting Times – just to have a look at what they are saying. So, every Thursday an issue arrives at my home. When I saw this week’s cover I thought to myself ‘Yet another shooter getting out of his depth’ but I thought there was something familiar…
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Sunday book review – Wild Fell by Lee Schofield
This is a book about rewilding and joins a growing list of good books on the subject which are essential reading for all those engaged in present-day UK nature conservation (Feral, Wilding (my book of the year for 2018), Rebirding (one of my books of the year for 2019), Regeneration (one of my books of…
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Bonner
The Countryside Alliance boss, Tim Bonner, joins Chris Loder in the worst-judged recent tweet competition with this offering… … which suggests that my mate Chris Packham has broken the law by having a dead Badger temporarily in his possession. This isn’t misjudged simply because I don’t agree with it – there are plenty of clever…
Save Weekley Hall Wood – a local campaign
I’ve been vaguely aware of this fairly local campaign (although Kettering seems a long way away from here in real life – try getting there by public transport!) for some time but now I’ve paid attention to it. Have a look at this video… … and see if you’d like to sign the petition –…
A letter to my MP
Dear Mr Pursglove, I’d like to bring to your attention the recent remarks of one of your fellow Conservative MPs, Chris Loder. When a White-tailed Eagle was found dead, suspected poisoned, in his Dorset constituency, Mr Loder went onto social media to say that he didn’t want eagles in his constituency, that they didn’t belong…
Press release – RSPB on Valentine’s Day
Losing what we love: England’s planning system is destroying nature piece by piece Between 2009 and 2020, local authorities in England published an average of 422,000 planning decisions per year, of which about 85% granted planning approval. Of the 98 Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects applications, only four have been refused and one partially refused. A…
A good reply from my MP
I wrote a very short letter to my MP last week: it simply said Dear Mr Pursglove, I’m ashamed of the man who is our Prime Minister. Are you? And if not, why not, please? I had a 2-page response from Mr Pursglove yesterday, and fair enough, it’s a good response. It doesn’t actually answer…
Disease risk and Beaver reintroductions
It has been brought to my attention that there is a report, commissioned by Natural England, entitled Revised Disease Risk Analysis for the Conservation Translocation of the Eurasian Beaver (Castor fiber) to England, 2021. This report discusses, I gather, the potential for introduced Beavers to spread diseases to other Beavers, other widlife, domestic stock…
Sunday book review – Wildlife of Maldon by John Buchanan
If you live in or around Maldon in Essex, or you visit regularly, then you should have this book. It is well-written, well-produced and will tell you much about your local environment. You get a lot about birds in these pages but also interesting information on the changing status of mammals, invertebrates and plants (though…