Ralph writes: This toon is from the The Framing Nature Toolkit! Packed with activities, tools and advice, the toolkit explains what framing is and how we can use it to create a better world for wildlife. The goal of conservation is to help the natural world thrive. To do this we need the support of…
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Hotting up for Avery Island
I’ve never been to Avery Island, Louisiana, but I’ve often thought I would – maybe I need to hurry up. For most people, Avery Island means very little, but for those to whom it means anything, it will probably be as the home of Tabasco sauce. I like Tabasco – I had some on cheese…
My first Willow Warbler – a bit late in coming
I heard my first Willow Warbler of the year at my local patch of Stanwick Lakes this morning. It seems to have been a long time coming since the first Chiffchaff was three weeks ago! I think of my first Willow Warbler as being usually a week to 10 days after the first singing Chiffchaff. …
Press release: RSPB and Kent Wildlife Trust
Press release from RSPB and Kent Wildlife Trust: A Local council ignores national outcry by ploughing ahead with plans that threaten one of the last bastions for nightingales in England Last year over 12,000 people wrote to Medway Council to object to proposals that could see thousands of houses built at Lodge Hill, the most…
Signatures for banning driven grouse shooting
These are the maps of signatures for ‘my’ e-petition to ban driven grouse shooting (closed September 2016, LEFT) and Gavin Gamble’s e-petition to ban driven grouse shooting (closed Monday this week, 2 April, RIGHT). Unfortunately the shading isn’t on the same scale (and…