Standing up for Nature
Information Commission Wycliffe House Water Lane Wilmslow Cheshire SK9 5AF I was recently considering making a donation to the Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust, using their website. https://www.gwct.org.uk/donate/general-donation/ I was very concerned that although I was asked to disclose my contact details as part of the process of making a donation, it was not at…
If you had a rainforest, and slashed and burned it, you’d be putting a lot of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, just as surely as if your nation ran a lot of gas-guzzling cars. Natural ecosystems often act as carbon stores which sequester greenhouse gases – forests are the obvious ones but peatlands are also…
No fires – because we’ve already burned the place? #HaveYouSeenHenry? Keep in touch with Hen Harrier Day events through this website.
Fundraising Standards Board 65 Brushfield Street London E1 6AA I was recently considering making a donation to the Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust, using their website, and I was concerned when I was unable to discover what percentage of my donation would be spent on the cause. https://www.gwct.org.uk/donate/general-donation/ When I managed to track down a…
Do you remember the Passenger Pigeon? Do you remember Martha? Do you remember the Corner Laughers? Here is the Corner Laughers’ latest video of their song Martha (Cincinnati, 1914) which is the shortest song, and naturally my favourite, on their new album Matilda Effect. The best of luck to Karla and the guys on a…
Henry looks puzzled. And well might he be puzzled. Red Grouse shooting is often described as the shooting of ‘wild’ game – and it is certainly true that grouse, unlike pheasants, are not reared and released to bump up the numbers for shooting. However, a grouse moor is about as natural as a wheat field…
Complaint to Charity Commission I am writing to you in connection with the Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT – charity number 1112023). There are several significant issues about the charity that concern me, and given their volume, I thought it best to make a complaint. I was recently considering making a donation to the…
Oscar writes: I was watching a pair of Avocets with their chicks on the scrape at Minsmere. This was taken when another bird came in which was promptly chased off! Nikon D800, Nikon 600mm f/4 AF-S II lens Mark writes: I was at Minsmere, seeing Avocets, on Friday morning. They are such striking birds –…
I thought this cartoon was quite funny really – Robin wins national bird vote.
This has recently appeared on the government website. Watch this space.