Readers of this blog are generally satisfied with the performance of wildlife NGOs – I think you are all just a little too generous. However, although there is a clear majority who disagree with the idea that there are too many NGOs, a large minority – 43% of respondents – believe that we have too…
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Signs of spring and a scary encounter
I’ve made it out a few times recently but I only got a little bit further than this at Stanwick Lakes the other day before the water was too deep for wellies. It hasn’t felt much like spring to me, but some of the birds seem to believe it is. Great Tits are in full…
Who are you? More results from the readers’ survey.
The responses to the readers’ survey (854 of them, although not everyone answered every question) suggest that readers of this blog are not hopeful about the state of British wildlife, think the coalition government is doing a bad or very bad job for the environment and claim that this will influence how they vote. Last…
What is this nest?
I’m rubbish on nests. I have been asked what species of bird made this nest and I haven’t really got a clue! Please help me out so I can look clever… It’s about 8cm in diameter (just over 3″ in old money).
A ‘vile act of wanton vandalism’ by Labour councillors in Derby
The Derby City Council planning committee voted yesterday evening by a very narrow margin to approve its own application to destroy the Sanctuary Local Nature Reserve – a proposal that Chris Packham, rightly, described as a ‘vile act of wanton vandalism’. The voting was: Absent – 1 Labour councillor In favour – 5 Labour and…
2030 vision for the Somerset Levels
A ‘Vision’ of what the Somerset Levels and Moors might look like in 2030, intended to guide water and land management policies over the years ahead, has been agreed by a Task Force set up last year to address the area’s problems. The Task Force includes representatives of farming, conservation, local authorities and Government agencies. …
Forests one year on.
You must remember all that fuss about forests? We all fought to keep our forests didn’t we? Here is an update from FC England on the implementation plan. It’s not a document to quicken the pulse. When you eventually get to the bits about wildlife then Commitment 22 has an unhealthy obsession with pesky deer…
Do, please, remember to…
1. Complete the readers’ survey for this blog. Over 700 responses so far. 2. Sign this e-petition asking for grouse moors to be licensed which passed 8,600 signatures today.
Them and us, and what you want
There has been a lot of nonsense talked about the non-reappointment of Baroness Morgan to Ofsted. Once a political party is in power then it is likely, and well-advised, to appoint like-thinking people to positions of power and influence. They need to be hard-working and able people, and people with other qualities than simply ‘one…
Readers’ survey
I’d be very grateful if you would take this readers’ survey – which is partly a repeat of a previous survey just over a year ago. Your answers will be anonymous – I won’t know (and frankly, I’m not interested in knowing) what named individuals answered. Last year I asked 12 questions, this year 11…