I think that the RSPB TV advert is a welcome gamble by the RSPB – I’m sure they’ve done lots of research to make it less of a gamble but it’s still a gamble. Rumour has it, though I haven’t checked, that it’s a £2m gamble. What would a ‘big win’ look like if this…
Category: THE WILDLIFE NGOs – RSPB, Wildlife Trusts Wild Justice, BSBI etc
Results of poll on RSPB TV advert
This little poll attracted 571 responses. Thank you to all who took part. Your comments on the TV advert were varied and fascinating. The comments were generally less positive towards the advert than the voting – people who like things might take a few seconds to vote but don’t go out of their way to…
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…
well done rspb
the rspb has a new logo – have you noticed it on the rspb website? it’s been long-heralded and it has finally arrived and it’s…well it’s…almost exactly the same as the old one. the main change is that the letters, r, s, p and b, are now in lower case. that’s very trendy. i like…
BBS
I got up early on Sunday morning in order to do the last visits to my two BBS squares. The Rolling Stones had kept me up the night before which was a bit mean of them – at their age they should know better. It’s a whitethroat year for sure – there weren’t many warblers…
Happy Birthday BTO
Apparently the BTO is 80 today – Happy Birthday! Personally I wouldn’t have said that Andy Clements was a day over 65 but you never can tell can you? There’s quite a lot of interesting stuff about the BTO’s past on their website – click here. However, unlike for most people in their 80s, it…
Guest Blog – Forever for what? How the National Trust can inspire more by making the most of conservation by David Hodd
Until recently, David Hodd was Countryside Operations Manager on Purbeck for the National Trust. He and his team had the privilege of caring for places like Hartland Moor, Studland Heath and Dancing Ledge. His original inspiration to work in conservation came from a childhood playing at Sharpenhoe Clappers and Barton Hills. David is now working…
Guest Blog – BTO & CLO by Andy Clements
BTO recently hosted a visit from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology (CLO), Ithaca, NY, USA marking the exciting culmination of a year’s discussions to set up a long-term collaboration between our two organisations. It is thanks to Mark for initiating contact between myself and John Fitzpatrick, CEO at Cornell Lab, following Mark’s US road…
So that was April
As we entered April I hadn’t seen a spring migrant so I have spent the month catching up. I have now seen most of the returning spring migrants that i would expect to see locally with the exceptions of garden warbler, lesser whitethroat and hobby. My first swift on Saturday, at my local patch of…
Butterflies
2012 was a terrible year for butterflies according to Butterfly Conservation – and they would know! Almost every species had a bad year with many having year-on-year declines of well over 50%. You can see why George Osborne might be sceptical about using natural capital in national accounts if a bit of grotty weather can…