Over the Christmas/New Year period there is less news around and I like to have a break too. So if you’ve been wondering whether to write a guest blog for this site then now’s your chance. This blog is called ‘Standing up for Nature’ and anything well-written and non-libellous that fits into that category would…
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Tim Melling – Roe Deer
Tim writes: I spend lots of time trying to capture birds in flight but it isn’t often I manage to capture an airborne mammal, in this case a Roe buck. Though I suspect that right front hoof may be touching so not really airborne. I took this on 1st May not far from my house. …
The Favourite River Lugg
The River Lugg has been in the news a lot recently due to the management of the river and of some of the surrounding farmland by a local farmer (see here, here and here). More recently the farmer’s account of events has emerged (click here, here) and we’ll have to wait and see how this…
Saturday cartoon by Ralph Underhill
That’s more like it…
On Tuesday, 8 December Bellway Homes admitted damaging or destroying a breeding site or resting place for bats at a construction site in Greenwich. The company was ordered to pay a fine of £600,000 with further costs of over £30,000. Bellway Homes also agreed to make a voluntary donation of £20,000 to the Bat Conservation…