If you are really struggling to think of a Christmas present for that wildlife-friendly friend or relative – then how about a signed copy of Fighting for Birds? You’d make my Christmas too! Signed copies are available at £15 (inc P&P). Email me at mark@markavery.info and we’ll get it all organised. Don’t delay as Christmas…
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Ralph Underhill cartoon
Buglife’s Matt Shardlow gave evidence to the Environmental Audit Committee on Wednesday and said: “The economic case for neonicotinoids is marginal at best the environmental cost is a price too high to pay. The use of these indiscriminate pesticides must be suspended before it is too late to halt the alarming decline in…
An underwater bounty
On Wednesday evening I was in the Royal Society building in Carlton House Terrace (allegedly where Hitler would have lived if his plan to invade the UK had been more successful) waving at a bunch of kids on Pitcairn Island. Really, I was. Not alone of course, but in a room full of people. Through…
Support the National Trust please
This blog has touched on the performance of the National Trust as a nature conservation organisation a few times (including yesterday) and hasn’t always been gushing in its praise for that immensely successful organisation – immensely successful in selling itself, nice cakes and a day out, that is. But fair’s fair and here is an…
Public says Government is failing on the natural environment
The public aren’t stupid – they have noticed that the Coalition Government is failing on its own commitments to Britain’s natural environment. Of those surveyed, less than a quarter (23%) think the Government is doing enough to protect our landscapes and wildlife – on land and at sea. These results come from a survey organised…
Turbulent turning turbines
Last week the coalition government came out with their energy policy proposals. It can be seen as a small victory for the Liberal Democrats in the government that the worst excesses of Conservative climate-scepticism were pushed aside. There will not be a new dash for climate-changing gas but a dash for renewables and nuclear. We…
The road to 10 Downing Street goes through Corby
Whoever came up with the line that makes the title of this blog did well. Labour’s return to power may well be seen to start with this first by-election victory against the Tories in 15 years. In some ways the constituency of Corby and east Northants represents a microcosm of England. Equally divided, or dithering,…
Your comments
Your comments on this blog are great! I can never be quite sure which blogs will stimulate most comment although, by now, I have a fairly good idea – but I am sometimes surprised by you. There are quite a few people who regularly comment here who give this blog part of its character. Here…
Ralph Underhill cartoon – without a murmur
This week has seen the publication of the latest State of the UK’s Birds report by a whole bunch of UK conservation organisations. The media coverage (here, here, here) highlighted the fact that 44 million birds have disappeared from our lives since 1966. But this loss passed by without much of a murmur, let alone…
Guest blog – A natural history GCSE? by Mary Colwell
Mary Colwell is an award winning radio, TV and internet producer winning 14 awards over the last 5 years, including a Sony Gold in 2009. She is also a radio presenter and feature writer for The Tablet. She now produces Saving Species on Radio 4 which covers a wide range of environmental and wildlife issues….