Birding is good for you?

Waves on beach Photo: Karen MacKelvie RSPB press release: GPs in Shetland are now able to prescribe nature to their patients thanks to a pioneering partnership project A partnership project between NHS Shetland and RSPB Scotland, which is thought to be the first of its kind in the UK, has been extended following a successful…

May’d for the grouse shooters?

I listened to Theresa May’s conference speech and was quite impressed by it – it was quite clever in many ways (full text here).  But I still won’t be voting Conservative. However, there were two sentences that were next to each other that just sum up why the Conservative Party, Michael Gove, Therese Coffey et…

A positive response from Tim Farron

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…