Today it’s raining in east Northants – it’s a dull day. Two weeks ago it was raining in London – it was a brilliant day. Whether or not you were one of the #soddententhousand please write to your MP this rainy weekend and ask them what they will do to promote wildlife in parliament. Here…
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Book review: Bats by Nancy Jennings
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I like these RSPB Spotlight books (see reviews of Kingfishers and Bumblebees). This one is about bats. It’s quite a wide-ranging book with information about the 17 UK species but also about a range of the world’s other 1400 bats. It’s understandable that we don’t know a huge amount about bats – they are nocturnal,…
Bits and pieces of news
Michael Gove has not, as far as I have heard, got back to Chris Packham to suggest a chat about the Manifesto for Wildlife – I think we’ll soon have to take that as very strong evidence that the Conservative government is not in listening mode as far as wildlife conservation is concerned, although of…
NE responsiveness
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As regular readers of this blog will have noticed, I sometimes ask Natural England for information under the Freedom of Information Act regulations. They reply, sometimes with responses that I think are rather inadequate. But I have mentioned here before, and I’ve had this chat with others at times too, that NE tend to respond…
Birding is good for you?
Waves on beach Photo: Karen MacKelvie RSPB press release: GPs in Shetland are now able to prescribe nature to their patients thanks to a pioneering partnership project A partnership project between NHS Shetland and RSPB Scotland, which is thought to be the first of its kind in the UK, has been extended following a successful…