Good news: First gannet chick hatched at St Abbs

Staff at the National Trust for Scotland’s St Abb’s Head National Nature Reserve are celebrating a first this summer, as the first Gannet chick ever to be recorded there was seen on 7 July. Last year, for the first time on record, Gannets attempted to nest at St Abb’s Head. In late May, a number…

Peak District snares – what they say

Yesterday’s news about the widespread use of snares in the Peak District National Park attracted considerable media attention, including: the original Daily Mirror story yesterday evening’s BBC TV East Midlands Today coverage, click here (about 5min 15secs in). The Guardian Daily Mail The Times Derbyshire Times A spokesman for the Duke and Duchess of Rutland (who…

Ospreys to breed on South Coast in 2021?

  Eight Osprey chicks from Scotland have safely arrived in Poole Harbour as part of a five-year translocation project, aimed at re-establishing this species on its former breeding grounds on the south coast of England. The project which is being run by Birds of Poole Harbour, The Roy Dennis Wildlife Foundation and local wildlife technology…

Peak District snares on the regional news this evening

Following this morning’s blog about snares in the Peak District, the Hunt Investigation team’s film was used on the BBC regional news, and the footage shown includes a masked man shooting into a deep pit and then further footage of what seems to be the same masked man dragging off a dead badger. Click here…

Please support FoE, RSPB and Client Earth in this legal case

  Dear Mark If our government breaks the law, it’s essential that people can hold it to account. This is especially important when it comes to the environment where a decision, say to demolish a wood unlawfully, can cause damage that can never be undone. In February 2017, the government changed the rules. As a result…