Dear Mr Pursglove, since this is my first communication with you for quite a while, may I wish you a belated Happy New Year!? It’s likely to be an interesting year politically, not least with the byelection in adjacent Wellingborough coming next month. It seems a bit odd to me that the Conservative candidate is…
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Press release: Lambs not a major food source for breeding White-tailed Eagles in Scotland (RSPB & SOC)
Lambs not a major food source for breeding White-tailed Eagles in Scotland New study finds proportion of nests with evidence of lamb as prey declines over 20-year period A new study assessing the diet of breeding White-tailed Eagles (Haliaeetus albicilla) – also known as Sea Eagles – in Scotland between 1998 and 2017 has found…
Press release: Scotland’s oldest wild pine saved by Trees for Life
Remote woodland – home to Scotland’s oldest wild pine – saved as part of rewilding initiative A remote ancient woodland – home to Scotland’s oldest wild Scots pine, which is at least 565-years-old – has been saved from being lost forever and given a chance of regeneration thanks to Trees for Life, as part of…
Cabin Boy chosen for sinking ship
Well, who would have believed it? As Amanda Anderson departs (see here and here), Andrew Gilruth is appointed CEO of the Moorland Association. There is a bit of job title inflation going on here. Amanda succeeded Martin Gillibrand, who had the title of Secretary, whereas I believe Amanda was called Director, but now Andrew is…
Press release – Scottish Wildlife Trust
Royal family joins river restoration efforts across Scotland as films launched King Charles and other major landowners have joined an initiative seeking to kickstart recovery of Scotland’s threatened rivers and reverse declines of freshwater species such as wild Scottish salmon. Pioneering river restoration techniques have been employed at the Balmoral royal estate, featured in a…