Standing up for Nature
Ralph writes: Maybe if we had a more accountable and representative political system we would secure a better future for nature and wildlife.
I’ve given the e-petition to ban driven grouse shooting a bit of a breather for the last few weeks but it keeps gaining signatures – 20,000 by Christmas? Might that be possible? The grouse shooting season ends on 10 December. Wouldn’t it be great if it never opened again? I had a nice chat to…
A great debate, a massive turnout (84.6%) – but nothing changes? No – everything changes a bit. You can’t have such an important debate, held with such passion, and then life goes on the same. It just isn’t possible. Cameron has entered that dangerous ‘I haven’t got much time left to do something good’ period…
I gave you a list of 73 bird species that I saw or heard on five visits to my local patch of Stanwick Lakes in early September and asked you to pick 5 species that I had seen on all five visits and 5 species I only saw on a single visit. This was a…
Today: I read quite a lot about grouse shooting and its history I watched a Red Admiral feeding on ivy in my garden I ‘phoned a friend I sat in the garden enjoying the sunshine I booked train tickets to go to London on the People’s Climate March on Sunday Tomorrow: I will reveal…
…to have a go at this little ornithological brain twister. Entries close at midday. A copy of A Sparrowhawk’s Lament to the winning entry.
LUSH stores spent a week featuring the plight of the Hen Harrier back in August. I was really impressed when I went into several stores to talk to the staff, starting with Martyn and Joe in Northampton and Amy, Grace, Helena, Hayley and Dave in Peterborough. My office still has the aroma of bath-bombs in…
A female Montagu’s Harrier looks very similar to a female Hen Harrier. They can be rather difficult to tell apart unless you are familiar with the two species (or one of them very well). Both are brown, the same shape and with a white rump. Did you see the item on the One Show yesterday…
In April 2013 and October 2013 I listed the Twitter followings of a range of wildlife organisations in the UK. I thought it would be fun to revisit that list now. Here are the 17 organisations listed with, in brackets; their number of Twitter followers (in thousands), their previous ranking in October 2013’s list and…
The report of the highly-respected Environmental Audit Committee dishes out Red and Amber cards to this government over its environmental record. It is now largely too late to rescue its reputation before we vote in May. Far from what David Cameron claimed, it is clear that this is the ‘Red-and-Amber-most’ government ever! See for yourself…