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Tim writes: I found this Rock Pipit at Ingbirchworth Reservoir in South Yorkshire in early October.  That is at least 60 miles from the nearest coast and is 850 feet above sea level but Rock Pipits are rarely found away from the coasts where they breed.  Here is the UK distribution map so you can…

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MSPs urged to back Rewilding Nation motion Momentum grows as first-ever World Rewilding Day held The Scottish Rewilding Alliance, a coalition of over 20 organisations, is calling on MSPs from all parties to support a parliamentary motion recognising the potential social, economic and environmental benefits of Scotland becoming the world’s first rewilding nation. The Alliance is…

Cancellation of Oxford-Cambridge Expressway plan welcomed Wildlife campaigners have voiced their relief and delight that plans for an expressway between Oxford and Cambridge have been axed. The Berks, Bucks and Oxon Wildlife Trust (BBOWT) had issued a legal challenge to a new corridor route with a highway and new homes between the cities. The Department…

You’ll remember that DEFRA said it was going to do great things on preventing burning of blanket bogs and then it did very little. Yesterday, Labour Peer, Baroness Jones of Whitchurch, tabled a motion of Regret in the House of Lords to draw attention to the inadequacy of the government’s much delayed and much-caveated Statutory…