‘The EU executive has urged Poland to halt logging immediately in one of Europe’s last remaining areas of primeval forest, and has asked the European Court of Justice to act on it.’ reports the BBC. See also Guardian, Birdlife International. This is good news. Of course, it’s not the sort of thing that will be…
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Late to the Lakes controversy
It’s not that I didn’t notice that The Lake District had been given World Heritage Status, it’s just that I haven’t had time to comment on it. And haven’t had time to keep up with the torrent of comment sparked by George Monbiot’s articles (The Lake District’s world heritage site status is a betrayal of…
Big Butterfly Count
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The Big Butterfly Count starts on Friday (Bastille Day) and lasts until 6 August (the Sunday of Hen Harrier Day weekend). If you spend 15 minutes looking for butterflies and day-flying moths, record what you see, and then enter the data you will be contributing to the world’s biggest survey of butterflies. Last year…
Ospreys to breed on South Coast in 2021?
Eight Osprey chicks from Scotland have safely arrived in Poole Harbour as part of a five-year translocation project, aimed at re-establishing this species on its former breeding grounds on the south coast of England. The project which is being run by Birds of Poole Harbour, The Roy Dennis Wildlife Foundation and local wildlife technology…
A few things
A few things that caught my eye this week: Bee-eaters in the Guardian my Tree Bumblebees have now ended their stay in my bird box The Times carried an obituary of Stephen Tindale today on Wednesday, when the plague of ants caused anguish at Wimbledon, the Black-headed Gulls were feasting on them in the air…
Today’s yesterdays
The Today programme, increasingly irritating but still necessary listening on Radio 4 mornings six days a week, will be 60 years old in October. And to celebrate, it’s asking its listeners what have been the major changes in the world in that time and over recent years. As usual, in their pick of issues yesterday…
National Meadow Day soundscape
Press release from People Need Nature: The charity People Need Nature celebrates National Meadow Day today by releasing a specially created soundscape evoking the lost Wildflower Meadows of England. 97% of all wildflower hay meadows in England have been lost since 1945. Just a few thousand hectares remain. People Need Nature Trustee Keith Datchler had…
Tweet, tweet
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On p274 of Inglorious I pointed out that the grouse shooters are rather outgunned on social media, and I also wrote that it might not last that long. Well, I think both remarks are still true. Of course, there are many more, relevant Twitter accounts than just these seven, many people never go near Twitter…
Bee-eaters in Notts
It doesn’t look like a particularly interesting part of the world – but it is now! A gang of at least seven Bee-eaters have been found in rural Nottinghamshire, and the RSPB and CEMEX have set up, very rapidly, a viewing scheme. Good for them. I was the second viewer there this morning just after…
Wrong again!
Should we repeal the Wildlife and Countryside Act? A great opportunity for Michael Gove to say ‘No way’ as he is sure to be invited to the limping-on Game Fair. He might want to point out that the WCA is a broad piece of legislation that covered a wide range of conservation and rural…