Today (28 June) sees the final release of hand-raised black-tailed godwits as part of an emergency intervention which has thrown the critically endangered wetland bird a lifeline and helped increase its chances of survival. Data collected by a five year partnership between the RSPB and the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT) called Project Godwit, shows the…
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Guest blog – Eyot Notes by Tim Reed
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Although an ornithologist by training, Tim Reed has a background in monitoring and data quality- starting with standardising management planning and data recording for the statutory sector, moving on to developing the widely-used Common Standards site condition model. After a long period introducing peer-reviewable data and biodiversity and ecosystem reporting models in big corporates around…
Press release – Wild Moors
Peatland restoration value hits £470m, outpacing grouse shooting as an income source for landowners A new analysis has shown that trading carbon by restoring upland peatlands could be worth more than four times the economic value of grouse shooting. Amidst reports that grouse moors may face another uncertain season, new market analysis released by Terra…
Guest blog – Enforcement of the Burning Ban by Bob Berzins
Enforcement of the Burning Ban – a long road to justice My life has changed a lot over the last couple of years and it now seems normal to chat to a police officer sitting at my kitchen table. He was taking a witness statement from me about harassment from gamekeepers. I explained what I…
Wainwright prize longlists announced
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https://wainwrightprize.com/news/james-cropper-wainwright-prize-2022-longlists-announced/ Here are three interesting lists of books which have been compiled by these three interesting lists of judges. The 2022 James Cropper Wainwright Prize for Nature Writing longlist is: Otherlands: A World in the Making, Dr Thomas Halliday (Allen Lane) 12 Birds to Save Your Life: Nature’s Lessons in Happiness, Charlie Corbett (Penguin) Goshawk Summer:…