This week’s New European includes this article by me on the potential consequences of Brexit for wildlife.
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Last few hours to contribute
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The BAWC crowdfunder closes today – and has done really well. Thank you very much to all who have contributed and helped it reach two big targets (£10k initially and now over £19k). It’s impressive how BAWC has reached out to birders and conservationists and got this important study going. Over 700 of us…
Wildlife trusts’ incomes
Here are the most recent published annual incomes of most of the local, county, regional or national Wildlife Trusts. Avon Wildlife Trust £2.3m Beds, Cambs & Northants Wildlife Trust £4.5m Berks, Bucks and Oxon & Wildlife Trust £5.4m Birmingham & Black Country Wildlife Trust £0.8m Brecknock Wildlife Trust £0.2m Cheshire Wildlife Trust £1.8m Cumbria…
This is who has what
This morning I set you a little teaser: put these organisations and their incomes together. Here’s the answer: RSPB £137m WWF-UK £71m WWT £24m GWCT £7.2m BTO £5.8m Butterfly Conservation £3.7m Marine Conservation Society £2.9m Plantlife £2.8m Buglife £1.1m What do you make of that?
Farming Today, today
I’m staying with friends wondering whether Peregrine Run is a good bet in the 2:50 at Cheltenham this afternoon, so when I woke at around the fairly usual 05:15 I didn’t wander down the landing to my computer and start some work. Instead I used my ‘phone as a computer and listened to Farming Today…