A tangled bank

        If you subscribe to the excellent British Wildlife then you may have seen my article praising the wildlife NGOs for the State of Nature report which came out in June. I didn’t get the impression at the Bird Fair last week that any follow up is planned.  Maybe I’m wrong, but…

State of Nature report

I’m sorry I missed the launch of the State of Nature report by a large group of NGOs as I think it would have been a very enjoyable event.  A bit like a gathering of old friends at the deathbed of UK wildlife – determined to have a good time, mention what a great person…

Much-needed patronage

When Prince Charles is having an evening in with the Princess Royal, HM The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh, I wonder whether they ever, as keen Patrons of most of the UK’s wildlife conservation organisations, discuss the state of nature and the state of nature conservation. Would they ever think of writing a letter…

Who runs your NGOs?

This blog follows on from yesterday’s. If there are too many wildlife NGOs (as I believe, and as some of you believe) then how will mergers or closer working come about? There are four major stakeholders involved: the senior staff in the NGOs, their trustees and their members – oh yes, and the Nature whose…

RSPBiodiversity?

A while ago the results of a poll on this website suggested that the RSPB should not change its name, but it was only a few hundred people and the reasons for not changing were varied and contradictory. Then at the RSPB AGM there was a question about whether the RSPB was going to change…