Last week, the latest UK Biodiversity Indicators were published. Did you see the government press release about them? Did you hear Defra ministers quizzed about them on every news bulletin through the day? Is this the first you have heard of them? I’m fond of these indicators for two main reasons. First, government ought to…
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A momentous day in parliament?
Today may be a momentous day in the Westminster Parliament but not because of the days spent toiling over the crafting of a response to the Wild Justice e-petition to ban driven grouse shooting. The response is the usual old guff, presumably signed off by Therese Coffey, and can be read on the petition site,…
UK industry starts chemical attack on China
https://www.farminguk.com/news/uk-game-farmers-announce-trade-deal-with-hong-kong_53781.html All that lead – not very friendly really, is it. But how reassuring that the BGA play the dual role of marketing body and ‘regulator’. I thought poachers were supposed to turn gamekeeper in the saying, not occupy the same two roles at once?
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Song of the Skydancer by the Talkin Fellas
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From their album, Gather at the Lek, here is a track about raptor persecution by the Talkin Fellas (and see here too). Gather At The Lek by Ian Ryding, Nick Dodds, Mic Mayhew
A chat about the uplands between me and Charlie Moores
I wrote a short piece about the uplands in the Manifesto for Wildlife last year and a slightly longer piece on this blog a while later – click here (actually, I’ve just re-read it and I think it is worth re-reading, even if i say so myself). Charlie moores caught me in an unguarded moment…
I wonder who got that changed…?
Earlier this year the North Pennines AONB Partnership published a draft of its new Management Plan 2019-2024. Consultations were held and a report setting out the results of those consultations was promised, but it has not yet appeared as far as I’ve seen – I’ve been looking now and again. The draft remained on the…
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