I am grateful to the Northants Library Service for such good service. The 18 January copy of Country Life arrived at Higham Ferrers on Saturday and I had a look at it on Sunday morning. Apparently Andrew Sells wrote to NE staff highlighting six priorities: more Hen Harriers in England – but I guess…
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BAWC crowdfunder going really well
Thank you to everyone who is supporting BAWC’s first field project. Let’s hope all birds involved live forever – but autopsies are quite expensive Click here if you’d like to donate. Thank you.
It could be you – if you are quick.
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Shooting in Wales
Natural Resources Wales is reviewing the use of firearms on its (your) land. Lead ammunition? Woodcock, Snipe and Golden Plover? Why are there Pheasant shoots on NRW land? Ceri Davies, NRW’s Director of Evidence, Policy and Permitting said: ‘We want to make the most of the land we manage for the people, economy and…
Grousing in Suffolk!
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I’m looking forward to talking in Halesworth on 21 February to the Waveney Bird Club and anyone else who’d like to come along to The Cut.
Thank you to the IRSG
The weekend before last, I was at the Irish Raptor Study Groups’ conference in Dublin. What a great bunch of people – passionate and so friendly. It might seem just a little stereotypical to say that one always gets a friendly welcome in Ireland, in all parts of Ireland, but in my experience it is…
Congratulations!
Congratulations to Simon King and the Wildlife Trusts! And well done to all who helped this e-petition get over the 100,000 signature line.
Travelling
I was in Dublin at the weekend and because I had the time, I travelled there by train and ferry. Instead of driving to Luton or Stansted and flying to Dublin and getting a lift or taxi to the conference venue I was dropped off in Northampton, took a train from Northampton to Milton…
Have you just been paid?
Several people have said to me that a crowdfunder right after Christmas is swimming against the tide, but the BAWC raptor-tagging fundraiser has already passed its first target of £10,000 in about a week. Wow! People have been really generous. Click here if you suddenly find you have some money in your bank account and…
Conclusions built on sand
‘We conclude that these data demonstrate that there is a low risk to honey bees from systemic residues in nectar and pollen following the use of thiamethoxam as a seed treatment on oilseed rape and maize‘ – the Syngenta study, October 2013 Most people interested in bees and neonicotinoid pesticides probably won’t read the scientific…