My Breeding Bird Survey walk starts near the church in the distance. I carried out the second visit to my second BBS square yesterday – it was a bit windy in the more exposed places but there were still plenty of birds around. Do you remember that on the first visit I was saying that…
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BBS visit 2
I did the second visit to my first BBS square yesterday – as I drove the few miles there and back there was news of the terror attack on London Bridge and at Borough Market. Crazy! I’m glad I live in a rural area but I’ve enjoyed snacking, dining, having my hair cut, having a…
Greener UK hustings
I trotted around the streets of east Northants yesterday morning delivering leaflets for Beth Miller, the Labour candidate for Corby, and then put on my suit and tie and headed into London for the Greener UK hustings. This was a chance, a very rare chance, for the environment to be centre stage in political discourse…
Election comment 4 – Fineshade wood
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Local politicians have generally been very supportive of the local and national opposition to the plans to wreck Fineshade Wood by building holiday chalets on this wildlife-rich site (for previous blogs see: Dear Mr Pursglove, 6 May 2016; Fineshade Wood should be an SSSI, 15 April 2016; Fineshade Wood should be an SSSI, 28 March…
Another Friday, another video, another dropped case
RSPB Press release: RSPB Scotland has expressed its frustration and disappointment after another prosecution of an individual charged with alleged wildlife crime offences was discontinued by the Crown Office in Scotland. The latest case began on 9th July 2015 when RSPB Scotland staff, walking on the Brewlands Estate in Glen Isla, Angus, discovered an…
BBS 2 – ET you’re home
I don’t remember ever having to scrape frost off the car windscreen when heading off to survey a BBS square in May or June but I did on Wednesday when I found the time to carry out the first visit to my second square. Things weren’t looking very good as I drove down the Nene…
A response from the CEO of CNP
My blog this morning drew a quick response from Fiona Howie the Chief Exec of the Campaign for National Parks. She posted a comment and here it is for ease of reading: ‘As you say Mark, people are welcome to get in touch with us but before doing so I would encourage them to have…
Media release – New project launched to save Scotland’s rarest insects
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Media release on behalf of RSPB, Butterfly Conservation, Cairngorms NP, Buglife, SNH and Leader. A new project is being launched in the heart of the Cairngorms National Park to save six of Scotland’s rarest invertebrates. The shining guest ant, dark bordered beauty moth, small scabious mining bee, northern silver-stiletto fly, pine hoverfly and Kentish…
BBS visit 1
Having spent most of April in Spain, I was looking forward to doing my first BBS visit to one of my two BBS squares – I really was. So much so that having arrived back home at about 0400 on Saturday morning I even considered going straight out to see if I could see any…
RSPB video of Hen Harrier at Cabrach
On 10 June 2013 an RSPB nest camera filmed the following footage at a Hen Harrier nest on the Cabrach Estate in Morayshire. The only good thing about the dropping of the case after so many years (and years, and years) is that you can now see the evidence of the video footage for yourself….