Standing up for Nature
This was Bowland Knotts yesterday evening – it was a lovely clear evening. It’s a pretty deserted place on the road across the moors from Slaidburn to Clapham in Bowland – a few Curlew and lots of Meadow Pipits – but there was a relatively big crowd there at 8am this morning as the Marathon…
How odd https://mrkortingscode.nl/toplists/top-20-natures-blog-2019/
Yesterday I drove up to Wheldrake Ings to have a chat with the Countryfile crew (above, Charlotte Smith on right) about Wild Justice. I was listening to The Jam’s ‘News of the World’ just before I stopped at the Ferrybridge Services and saw this news of a Hen Harrier that died with its leg in…
I do this now and again, and this survey of your views is based on a previous one which I published in 2016 so it will be interesting to see how your views on Brexit, rewilding, climate change, grouse shooting, badger culls and more have changed. The survey also asks you for your gender and…
The June issue of British Wildlife contains the usual mixture of news, comment, research and analysis. As always it’s a fascinating mixture. I turned to Derek Gow’s and Peter Cooper’s article on Wildcats in England first – fascinating stuff. British Wildlife now has a group of regular columnists and here are some quotes from their…
So, the Conservative Party membership (which is slightly higher than I thought at 160,000 – it must be all those Brexit/UKIP infiltrators) has the choice of Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt. Crikey! It comes to something when the man who seemed to want to wreck the NHS is seen as the safe pair of hands…
I’ve been away for a few days and found this Hen Harrier hat. I also found a Hen Harrier nearby (though a ringtail). Where was I?
Natural England should be replying to Wild Justice’s Pre-Action Protocol letter over General Licence GL26 by 4pm today. Looking forward to seeing what they have to say.
A week today there will be a rally in Westminster calling for politicians to take action on climate change and environmental decline. Kick-off 1pm. Save the date, book your transport, and come to London. I’m in London anyway that day, for a World Land Trust meeting, I hope I’ll be able to add myself to…
I have just finished reading you (sic) very good book, “Inglorious” and even though I have lived a very different lifestyle to yours, at the end of the day we both share the same ideals, which is to help bring an end to driven grouse shooting. Five years ago I hadn’t even got a contract…