My name is Kevin Cumming. I work for a charity called the Langholm Initiative (LI) based in the town of Langholm in Dumfries and Galloway in Scotland. I hold a BA (hons) in Business Administration and an MSc in Conservation and Management of Protected Areas. Currently I manage the LI’s Wild Eskdale project which aims…
Category: BLOGS by guest authors
Entry H by Jane Adams
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Brimming over with bees I’m going to be honest with you. Covid-19 and lockdown have left me feeling decidedly befuddled. Confined to my home and garden would normally be my idea of heaven, but positive feelings are tempered with the frustration of finding online delivery slots at Sainsbury’s, incessantly cleaning door knobs, and trying to…
Guest blog – Peregrines and licences by Bob Elliot
Bob was the head of the investigations and species protection team for the RSPB for 14 years, fighting wildlife crime both in the UK and internationally. He is now the Director for OneKind, an animal welfare charity based in Edinburgh, that exposes cruelty and persecution to Scotland’s animals via investigations, research and campaigning. @onekindtweet OneKind…
Guest blog – International Dawn Chorus Day by Chris Baines
Chris Baines is an independent environmental adviser to industry and Government. He is an award-winning writer and broadcaster and has been championing wildlife gardening and urban nature conservation for more than 40 years. A blog for International Dawn Chorus Day, First Sunday in May International Dawn Chorus Day is the first Sunday in May: the…
Guest blog – Isolation and Ivy by Nick Ballard
Nick Ballard’s interest in butterflies and moths evolved exploring the hedgerows and fields, streams, ditches and ponds, meadows and verges that formed the great outdoors where he lived as a child – Selby, on the river Ouse in Yorkshire. He first worked as a computer operator in Cambridge in the Computer Aided Design centre and…
Fake News (10) by Diogenes
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Guest blog – taking Peregrines from the wild for falconry by Gary Wall
Mark writes: Gary Wall is a falconer and I’m grateful that he took up my offer to write about the licence he has been issued by Natural England to take a small number of Peregrine Falcons from the wild. This blog gives more detail and background. Gary writes: Having been a falconer for 47 years…
Guest blog – Conservation community hit hard by COVID-19 by Kristi Foster of Conservation Careers
Kristi Foster is Head of Engagement for Conservation Careers, a major careers advice centre for conservationists – helping over 200,000 conservationists across the globe achieve career success. Conservation Careers believes that all wildlife is beautiful and that it deserves great conservationists working to protect it. Conservation community hit hard by COVID-19: Why the planet’s guardians…
Guest blog – My Lockdown by Paul Irving
Paul Irving is a retired scientist and ecologist. Involved in raptors and raptor protection in Northern England for over 30 years, especially Hen Harriers and Merlins. A Bird Ringer since the early seventies, other interests include just about anything to do with wildlife, photography (of wildlife), fishing, reading and Native Americans. Worked and lived in…
Guest blog – Chaffinch numbers in Big Garden Birdwatch by Lyn Ebbs
Lyn Ebbs is a scientist by education and has been a member of the RSPB for many years and volunteered for them since she retired. Lyn is actively involved with wildlife campaigns and has attended Hen Harrier Day rallies every year since joining the Sodden 570. Lyn has written three accounts of RSPB AGMs here…