I’m thinking of how to respond to the Defra call for evidence – click here – on gamebird shooting (as readers of my monthly newsblast will know). I’ve already penned something on the overall death toll of the tens of millions of released birds – click here and another on densities of gamebirds at distances…
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This is evidence (3) – pets killed by upland gamekeepers (people are too scared to come forward)
I’m thinking of how to respond to the Defra call for evidence – click here – on gamebird shooting (as readers of my monthly newsblast will know). I’ve already penned something on the overall death toll of the tens of millions of released birds – click here and another on densities of gamebirds at distances…
Banknote species
The Bank of England has announced the results of a public vote on which four animal species should feature on the back of future banknotes to replace long-dead ‘famous’ people. In a strange electoral process there were three categories of animal species (perhaps the strangest aspect was that there were no plants and no…
I enjoyed this wildlife programme
I was idly flicking through the TV channels (I think I had given up on Wales getting a draw with Denmark) when I came across this nature programme. My instincts are to move away from nature programmes but I arrived in this one just as a mysterious creature was heading into the French village by…
Crisis? What crisis?
The Reform-controlled unitary authority of North Northants has rescinded the climate emergency declaration made five years ago, presumably because its reading of the science means that despite increasing floods and drought and heat waves affecting us all here in the right hand half of the county of spires and squires things are getting so much…
Guest blog – Wildlife Crime and the First Few Minutes by Paul Bateman
Paul Bateman is Founder and Principal Instructor of the Independent Wildlife Crime Investigators & Trainers Association. He is a former National Park Ranger, has completed the National Police Wildlife Crime Officers Course and has particular practical experience relating to crimes against badgers and realistic mock wildlife-crime scenes. He is also Chair and Wildlife…
Lost Nature
The data behind the report published by Wild Justice back in December 2024 – click here – are now available in a scientific journal. They tell a sorry tale of non-compliance with regulations and non-enforcement by local authorities. I’m beginning to think of this as The British Disease – agreeing something shouldn’t happen and then…
Prof. Dave Goulson speaks out on game shooting
Evolution – Chris
And so we bid farewell to another very good BBC wildlife series. Evolution is a tricky subject as the motion picture camera hasn’t been around for much of Earth’s history and so there is a lot of leaning on CGI (which wouldn’t have been available in David Attenborough’s days) and fossils. But ending up with…
I thought it was an NFU advert…
I saw this advert at a rare visit to the cinema to see the Odyssey – so there was little escape.