You have today and tomorrow to respond to the very important consultation on the future of the EU Nature Directives. There have been 445,000 responses online – a record for this type of EU consultation. You will have a local nature site which is protected by these directives and it would be good to send…
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Henry with friends in Scotland
A likely looking bunch! I was wondering how plans for Hen Harrier Day were progressing north of Hadrian’s wall and so it’s really good to see that the Tayside Raptor Study Group and the Scottish Ornithologists’ Club (remember them?) is planning a Hen Harrier Day event at Loch Turret Reservoir near Crieff. Good for them!…
Stranger danger and young naturalists?
Mark Cocker’s interview in Behind the Binoculars prompted this discussion with Lucy MacRobert on this morning’s Today Programme (2h 53m into the programme). Good thoughts (not sure how I missed it myself!). But Mark and all the other interviewees said many more things too!
E-petition to ban driven grouse shooting
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Do you ever get a feeling of deja vu? Do you ever get a feeling of deja vu? Yesterday the Westminster parliament website started allowing e-petitions again. The website is a bit jazzier and it’s in a nice Westminster green colour. E-petitions still need to get 10,000 signatures to receive a government response (none of…
Henry almost gets his feet burned
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Ban driven grouse shooting
Nature
Just three recent observations: I was down at Stanwick Lakes with some friends and one of them pointed out a Grass Snake slithering across the path. Lovely! It seems that Grass Snakes are declining in numbers. That’s a shame (but I also wonder whether we really know that for sure). I’ve sat in a few…
New study of burning published
Peatlands are the largest terrestrial carbon store in the UK, 3.2 billion tonnes, and mostly occur on tops of hills where Red Grouse live. There is growing concern about the environmental impacts of intensive moorland management for the bizarre sport of grouse shooting. One of those concerns (there are others) is the increase greenhouse gas…
Henry at M&S
Henry and I have been making a point of popping in to M&S outlets as we have travelled around the country in order to spend our money on healthy sweets, pastries, crisps and fizzy drinks. We’ve done this because M&S, for a long list of good reasons, decided, last year, not to sell grouse meat…
Behind the Binoculars – a winner
Behind the Binoculars is published today! The winning entry in the competition for a signed copy of Behind the Binoculars was Stuart Benn – the very first entry. He (only) got seven out of 20 correct. These were the quotes he successfully identified, the others are, kind of obviously, in the book:…