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This is a new writing prize – for environmental poetry. The closing date is midnight on 1 September and you are asked to submit a portfolio of 150-200 lines of poetry – click here for full details.  

Rare bee-eaters right at home in Costa del Cromer: but it’s a red alert for global warming Rare bee-eater chicks have hatched in a Norfolk quarry amid the UK’s first ever red warning for heat. Having previously been rare visitors, breeding attempts by these brightly-coloured birds are increasing in the UK, with six recorded in…

Conservation Coalition concerned by new plans that would damage nature A coalition of seven environmental organisations has expressed concern over new plans for a golf course at Coul Links in East Sutherland.   In June 2022, a Proposal of Application Notice (PAN) was submitted to The Highland Council, by developer C4C. This notice lets the…

The latest excellent BBS (and WBBS) report arrived through my letterbox last week. It’s a concise and beautiful report which is a model of comprehensible summary of somewhat complex data. If you want to know how a wide variety of commoner and widespread birds are faring in the UK, and often in individual nations or…