You must read this account of Findlay Wilde’s visit to Downing St to talk to Sir John Randall, the environment advisor to the Number 10 Policy Unit. Findlay is a good advocate and I’m sure that he and John got on well. I was fascinated by some of the remarks that John was happy for…
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No comment never looks that good
My question to Defra 0n 21 November: What is the status of the complaint made by the RSPB and Ban the Burn campaigners of Hebden Bridge against the UK government and to the European Commission regarding management practices on grouse moors? When will Defra make a public comment on the case? Defra’s response to me…
Blue Planet 2 – programme 6
Coasts – can’t go wrong with coasts – and they didn’t. Crabs were the stars! You don’t read those words very often. There were some great scenes on and just off beaches – turtles in warm waters and King Penguins in cold ones – and then there were all those sharks too. This episode felt…
Three last chances – all close at midnight
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Stunning news from Raptor Persecution UK
Sometimes things happen which change the scene dramatically. Today sees such an event. Raptor Persecution UK reports that the Moorland Association’s Amanda Anderson revealed in a DEFRA Raptor Persecution Priority Delivery Group meeting that her members want licences to kill Marsh Harriers. Read the full story here.
Puffarazzi find clues to Puffin decline
Photographs of Puffins taken around the UK by members of the public (the Puffarazzi) are helping uncover the reasons for this bird’s decline says the RSPB. The RSPB analysed over 1400 images taken at Puffin colonies and early results suggest that the diet of Puffins varies significantly around the UK – in the northern isles…
Save the date – 11 and 12 August 2018
Blue Planet 2 – programme 5
The most recent ‘Green Seas’ programme was good. You can’t go wrong with magnificent feeding Humpback Whales, cute Sea Otters, clever Octopuses, intriguing sea pens, gangs of moulting crabs and the weirdest and cutest of Weedy Seadragons. What did you think?
Saturday cartoon by Ralph Undrhill
This cartoon has been used at around the time of Black Friday before – we approve of recycling.
Congratulations to the winners
RSPB press release The winners of the sixth annual Nature of Scotland Awards, organised by RSPB, have been announced, in a celebration of the passionate and dedicated people fighting to save the country’s wildlife. Mike Dilger, ecologist and natural history presenter, hosted the event last night (Thursday 23 November) at the Sheraton Grand Hotel…