I’ve not eaten this species as yet but that’s partly through lack of opportunity. I’ve yet to visit Iceland where they are often on the menu and are, apparently, readily available in supermarkets. It’s interesting that the idea of eating this bird instils horror in people who might be happy enough to eat duck or…
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Reply on lead ammunition from Therese Coffey
I wrote to my MP on the subject of lead ammunition back in August. I’m grateful to my MP, Tom Pursglove, for forwarding my letter to Defra and now for sending me the following reply from the Parliamentary Under Secretary, Therese Coffey, as follows; My response to Mr Pursglove is already on its way…
Heather burning
Heather burning in England is legal from 1 October to 15 April (far too late in my view) in upland areas – see rules here. It is the responsibility of local authorities to measure air quality – if I lived in an area where heather burning were common then I would ask the local authority…
Nature’s Way – the environment for success
This report from WWT is good – it’s one of the best I’ve seen from them and one of the best I’ve seen from a wildlife NGO for a while. What’s good about it? Well, it is a bit more intellectually challenging than most of the recent NGO reports and it also less politically…
Guest blog – it’s #TimeToBeHeard by Richard Benwell
Richard has worked in the Westminster parliament as a researcher in the House of Lords and as a Senior Clerk for the Energy and Climate Change Committee. He is now Head of Government Affairs at WWT after spending a couple of years as a Parliamentary Officer at the RSPB. He wrote a previous guest…