Standing up for Nature
An extract from the agreed minutes of the SNH Board meeting held on 20 June. Interesting that the Board pointed to the reputational risk of delaying the publication of the damning SAC report on the lack of science behind the misjudged Raven cull. ‘Towards the end of July’ couldn’t have been much later, it was…
Les Wallace’s moderate and sensible petition calling for a proper economic analysis of the costs and benefits of grouse shooting and grouse moor management is approaching 2000 signatures. It would be good to see it pass that mark this weekend – at the end of its first month. The RSPB Skydancer blog gave it some…
I haven’t fogotten about Icelandic whaling. Here are three short updates: discussions are progressing about how best to deliver the Bird Fair petition to Iceland in the most sensitive yet effective way. I expect there to be some news next week on this. our petition has gained 30 signatures as Mark Carwardine rescued a petition…
Tim Birkhead is professor of Zoology at the University of Sheffield. He’s been studying guillemots on Skomer Island, and elsewhere for over 40 years. There is an interview of Tim in Behind More Binoculars. Most of his research has been on the mating systems of birds, but after seeing the guillemot’s egg feature on a…