Almost worthy of our own Diogenes…
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Chris Packham on trees
I think that Evan Davies is a brilliant presenter of PM and I was pleased to hear him trying to get a word in edgeways with Chris Packham yesterday. Now I assume that Chris was speaking from his home in the New Forest and Evan Davies was in some radio studio far away and so…
Ringers kill that bird!
Subject: BTO: Updated guidance on the release of non-native species – Important: please read Dear In recent years the Government has been reviewing legislation around non-native species with the aim of limiting their impact on native wildlife. Under the Wildlife & Countryside Act (1981), it is illegal to release any plant or animal into the…
Seven Worlds, One Planet (6)
For the penultimate programme (or, more appropriately, ‘program’ (although not necessarily)) we were in North America. I like North America. The fireflies were stars, but the Prairie Dogs (which I think were filmed in the Badlands NP but I might be wrong) were CLRs (see here and here for more on CLRs). Roadrunners are amazing….
Friday evening
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I can’t make this one so if you go, please tell me what happened. Venue details – click here.
No change at DEFRA
It could almost be the dead hand of Therese Coffey living on… It is, of course, wonderful that Rebecca Pow is the Species Champion for the Snipe (because of the Somerset Levels population in her constituency) but she is also a block on progress on raptor persecution and is the Minister in charge of Badger…
Poor Field craftiness
There is a somewhat formulaic method by which the shooting press refer to Wild Justice. First of all, they hardly ever mention Ruth Tingay who is an integral and equal partner in Wild Justice alongside Chris and me. I wonder why they so often do this – it’s usually a man writing, maybe they just…
Seven Worlds, One Planet (5)
Europe – where I live. Although my own sightings of Olms, Musk Ox and European Hamster add up to a big zero. There was great footage of Wolves hunting at night in Italy where they were chasing deer through the scattered dwellings on the edge of a town in Abruzzo. I wonder how long ago…
Today…
…I am reading the Labour, Green and LibDem party manifestos to try to find out what they might do for nature. More later.
Seen by a reader posted in West Meon, Hampshire
Well done Phil Lavender. There was also a police notice asking people to call 191 if anyone knew anything about bird of prey killing.