RSPB press release The winners of the sixth annual Nature of Scotland Awards, organised by RSPB, have been announced, in a celebration of the passionate and dedicated people fighting to save the country’s wildlife. Mike Dilger, ecologist and natural history presenter, hosted the event last night (Thursday 23 November) at the Sheraton Grand Hotel…
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Who deserves better protection – your child or your dog?
If you eat pork, chicken, beef etc then there is a statutory legal limit to how much lead that food can contain – it is set at 10ppb (parts per billion). If you eat game, such as Pheasant, Grey Partridge, Red Grouse, Rabbit etc, then no such legal level applies – even though in many…
The December Birdwatch
The latest Birdwatch is now out – my column promotes Gavin Gamble’s e-petition. Elsewhere in the magazine is an interesting review of the Hawfinch invasion – have you seen any? No, nor have I – but I keep looking up and hoping. Bill Oddie writes about birding Scilly this autumn – and getting wet and…
Silence from the Food Standards Agency
It’s apparently GB Game Week (#GBGameWeek) where the shooting industry tries to persuade us all to eat game meat. Although I am veggie for four days a week, the freezer has quite a lot of venison in it – and very enjoyable it is too. But I know where that venison comes from, it’s shot…
My article on UKHillWalking.com
Here’s an article by me on the UKHillWalking website – seems to be going down well. Have a look at the comments too – some interesting ones there. GWCT is bleating that they want a say – but they haven’t left a comment on the article so far. It would be good to…