Mass death of seabirds across UK and Europe following winter storms underlines fragility of populations The RSPB is calling for the urgent nationwide delivery of actions to support seabirds following the reported deaths of hundreds of Puffins, Guillemots and other species, with potentially thousands of birds affected across the UK and Europe. Seabirds have been…
Category: MARINE PROTECTION
Guest blog – Let’s Ban Bio-beads by Chris Corrigan
Chris Corrigan is CEO of the Sussex Wildlife Trust and has worked in nature conservation for almost 40 years. He spent most of his career with the RSPB, most recently as Director England, but has also worked for BirdWatch Ireland and Butterfly Conservation and is a trustee of the South Georgia Heritage Trust. He is…
Sussex Wildlife Trust gains legal victory
Henri Brocklebank is the Director of Conservation at Sussex Wildlife Trust and has been focused on wildlife in Sussex for many years. Seeing a functional network for nature in Sussex is the ambition and Henri works with her team and with partners across Sussex to bring that to a reality. A Victory for Nature:…
Guest blog – Taking a stand for marine protection by Chris Corrigan
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Chris Corrigan is CEO of the Sussex Wildlife Trust and has worked in nature conservation for almost 40 years. He spent most of his career with the RSPB, most recently as Director England, but has also worked for BirdWatch Ireland and Butterfly Conservation and is a trustee of the South Georgia Heritage Trust. He is…
Guest blog – Open Pen Salmon Farming in the Falkland Islands by David Higgins
David Higgins works in conservation. He has lived and worked in the Falkland Islands, St Helena Island, India, The Skerries, the Yorkshire Dales, the North Pennines and now the Wiltshire Wildlife Trust. He loves islands especially seabird colonies, where he enjoys his main passion of wildlife photography. I spent nearly four years in…
Bank Holiday Monday book review – An Atlas of Endangered Species by Megan McCubbin
We are taken to conservation projects intent on saving endangered species – 10 from the northern and and nine from the southern hemispheres (18 animals and one plant). Which 19 would you have picked? We meet those who are engaged in preventing these species from being driven to extinction and hear their stories of success…
RSPB press release – offshore wind energy projects might be a catalyst for marine restoration
New report shows how the expansion of offshore wind could be a catalyst for marine restoration New report from experts from conservation and energy shows how we can deliver offshore wind safely and help threatened seabird populations to recover and thrive again The UK’s coast and seas are home to amazing wildlife above and below…
Guest blog – Saving Dead Wood (1) by Les Wallace
Who I am – Scottish with a fascination for wildlife from childhood – in lieu of formal qualifications (and not being able to flash them about!) – was on the 1990 International Youth Conservation Exchange to Hungary, was the 1993 winner of the BBC Wildlife Magazine ‘Realms of the Russian Bear’ competition and spent nearly…
Guest blog – Blue Frogs and Scimitar Cats by Les Wallace
Who I am – Scottish with a fascination for wildlife from childhood – in lieu of formal qualifications (and not being able to flash them about!) – was on the 1990 International Youth Conservation Exchange to Hungary, was the 1993 winner of the BBC Wildlife Magazine ‘Realms of the Russian Bear’ competition and spent nearly…
It’s always touching to get a personal reply from a Minister of the Crown
Bird/Poultry flu. A couple of days ago the RSPB sent out a strongly worded press release, which I reproduced here, which was entitled ‘Defra asleep at the wheel in bird flu emergency’. I tweeted about it later that day: I received a response from Richard Benyon himself: It’s always good to have got a Minister’s…