Yesterday’s mystery bird was a Pheasant – did you all get it? I find bird identification much more difficult when they are plucked and X-rayed. It was part of a package of game birds that a group of us bought at Lidgate’s in Holland Park Avenue, London some time ago. We assume this Pheasant was…
Category: Lead
Mystery bird competition
What is this bird and how did it die? Answer tomorrow, and much more through the week.
Lead – mark this quote for later.
There is a piece in the Sunday Telegraph today about the findings of the Lead Ammunition Group. There isn’t anything new in it for readers of this blog (The findings of the Lead Ammunition Group, 9 September 2015 ) except some quotes. Those quotes from the chair of the group, the ex chief executive of…
Reply from Mike Clarke (CEO RSPB) and Martin Spray (CEO WWT)
Dear Mark Thanks for your email regarding our work on lead. We agree that there is clear and compelling evidence of the impact of lead ammunition on wildlife, as well as on human health, which is why our organisations support a ban. As you know and acknowledged in your blog, both our organisations (along with…
Buying some samples
Iceland made a lot of fuss about selling frozen Red Grouse in their stores some time back (see Red grouse get to Iceland, 10 July and Iceland fail to demonstrate their grasp of the subject, 13 July) thanks to publicity in the Daily Mail (editor Paul Dacre – grouse shooter). On a recent…