Amanda is a nature and environment writer and blogger based in the wilds of suburban south London. She writes mainly about suburban wildflowers, insects and birds on her blog. Her nature writing has appeared in anthologies, on the London Wildlife Trust blog and in Devon Life Magazine. She also blogs on www.freelancenaturewriter.com about her…
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Sunday book review – Restoring the Wild by Roy Dennis
Roy Dennis is a ‘name’ in ornithology and nature conservation – he was the warden of the Fair Isle Bird Observatory from 1964-70 (following Ken Williamson and Peter Davis), the RSPB’s person in the Highlands (under various job titles) from 1970-90 and, ever since, an independent conservationist mostly involved with species reintroductions and habitat restoration….
Tim Melling – Little Grebe eating a Bullhead
Tim writes: I used to catch Bullheads (Cottus gobio) in a small stream near my home as a child, but I haven’t seen one for maybe 50 years. That is until two days ago when I watched this Little Grebe emerge from the water with one. These fish are also known as Miller’s Thumb and…
Happy birthday Wild Justice!
Wild Justice is a toddler – two years ago today it was launched to the public. See the Wild Justice blog – click here.
Saturday cartoon by Ralph Underhill
Bird/poultry/gamebird flu update
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The Scottish government announced today a case of bird flu in captive gamebirds near Glenrothes. in an email to stakeholders the Scottish government say: These gamebirds have never been wild and so can only have caught avian influenza on the establishment. and In light of evidence from the continent and ongoing high numbers of findings…
An opportunity – closing date 1 March
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This job is pretty well hidden on the WWT website – it took me a while to find even though I’d been told it was there.
Guest blog – National Parks, Beauty & Riches by Lee Schofield
Lee Schofield is senior site manager at RSPB Haweswater, where partnership work with landowner United Utilities is aiming to find a balance between large-scale ecological restoration and hill farming in the Lake District National Park. He is also a nature writer, working on his first book which will be published by Penguin/Transworld in 2022. Lee…
Wild Justice writes to DEFRA
See the Wild Justice blog for a copy of the letter giving DEFRA a prod.
RSPB press release – where those 2 billion trees should go
New maps reveal how the UK could deliver the 2 billion trees recommended by government advisors New research analysing soil types in the UK can be used to determine where woodland expansion could be focused in the future as the UK plans for 2bn new trees The analysis warns that planting the wrong type of…