Dear Mr Cantlay

Dear Mr Cantlay Your standard letter on the subject of the Raven cull, which I received yesterday, is a poor thing.  Whoever drafted it for you isn’t doing a good job.  Your letter slides around the subject in a most unappealing manner. You seem to want to justify the licensing of your Raven cull on…

Raven cull – hopeless SNH

Many of us have had this standard letter from the chair of SNH:   Thank you for your recent correspondence on the subject of the issue of a research licence to the Strathbraan Community Collaboration for Waders. I welcome that so many people in this country care passionately about the welfare of all our wildlife…

Guest blog – Dead from the neck down by David Elias

David Elias is now retired but worked for RSPB, NCC and CCW mostly as a warden on various reserves. He also spent some time working in a national park in Malawi.  His last stint was on the Berwyn Mountains in North Wales – so hen harriers are close to his heart. He lives near Bala…

Flowers we can pick (3) – Primroses

  I was slightly surprised to see Primrose on Plantlife’s list of flowers it is OK to pick – I’m not sure why really because this is the third (out of three so far) of the ‘Plantlife 12 pickable species’ that I get in my garden! But I’ve always put Primroses on a bit of…