Tim Farron, Lib Dem MP for Westmorland and Lonsdale, is a former party leader and currently the Lib Dem Environment spokesperson and spokesperson for the North of England. His response to a constituent about the Manifesto for Wildlife is both quick and positive – and also demonstrates that he has at least glanced at its…
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What price your interest in wildlife?
Each year, the US Fish and Widlife Service (hmmm – maybe we could have something a bit like that one day?) produces an analysis of the economic value of hunting, fishing and wildlife watching. Wildlife-watching is apparently worth almost as much to the economy through expenditure on cameras, bird food, binoculars and travel as are…
Time to fast-track Hedgehog Highways
One of the proposals in Kate Bradbury’s Urban Spaces section in the Manifesto for Wildlife is for ‘Hedgehog holes to be made compulsory in all new fencing‘. This is one of the simplest, most practical and dead easy recommendations in the whole manifesto. And another of the ‘ministers’ involved in the Manifesto for Wildlife, Hugh…
Writing competition – closes midnight tonight
This blog runs a writing competition each year. This year, your task, should you choose to accept it, is to write a short essay on which is the ‘best’ month for enjoying wildlife (or alternatively, the ‘worst’ one). A few rules: Entries should be sent as WORD (.doc or .docx) attachments to emails sent to…
Writing competition – deadline midnight tomorrow
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This blog runs a writing competition each year. This year, your task, should you choose to accept it, is to write a short essay on which is the ‘best’ month for enjoying wildlife (or alternatively, the ‘worst’ one). A few rules: Entries should be sent as WORD (.doc or .docx) attachments to emails sent to…
Writing competition – deadline midnight Sunday
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This blog runs a writing competition each year. This year, your task, should you choose to accept it, is to write a short essay on which is the ‘best’ month for enjoying wildlife (or alternatively, the ‘worst’ one). A few rules: Entries should be sent as WORD (.doc or .docx) attachments to emails sent to…
Everybody wants a review of grouse shooting…
…except, of course, grouse shooters. The Labour Party is calling for one – see here page 12. Les Wallace has a petition on the subject – see here and please sign.
Don’t vote for me – vote for him!
It’s very nice to have been nominated, for the second year, for The Great Outdoors Awards 2018. Woohoo! as they say. I’m in the Campaigner of the Year category – which is recognition enough. Thank you. Also in the same category is Chris Packham so you’d be bonkers to vote for me instead of him….
Writing competition – deadline is midnight Sunday
This blog runs a writing competition each year. This year, your task, should you choose to accept it, is to write a short essay on which is the ‘best’ month for enjoying wildlife (or alternatively, the ‘worst’ one). A few rules: Entries should be sent as WORD (.doc or .docx) attachments to emails sent to…