I’m not sure I have ever met David Gosney but his is a well-known name in birding circles so his name caught my eye in the list of written evidence submissions. ‘Parts of the Peak District used to be nationally famous for their populations of birds of prey but now those same areas have scandalously…
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The next week or so…
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Writing competition: I hope you enjoyed the first two winners of this blog’s writing competition by Hazel Peters (under – 18 category) and Hugh Webster (international category). Both have their copies of Remarkable Birds. We judges are reading the Wildlife and Arts entries and finding it difficult to choose between them. I hope the winner…
Big Match fortnight ends at midnight – please consider a donation
World Land Trust (of which I am a Council member) is working with Wildlife Trust of India in an urgent bid to save Indian Elephants from extinction by safeguarding their traditional migration routes. The Elephant Corridor Appeal aims to raise £750,000 to extend and protect Mudahalli Corridor, where the Eastern and Western Ghats meet in…
An interesting session
Well that was interesting! The evidence session yesterday took something like twice as long as the time for which it was scheduled because of the interest from MPs. That’s a good thing. The transcript of the session should be available later today, I guess (which is remarkably quick). I’ll look forward to reading it as…
What’s up at HOT?
No news that I can spot on the Hawk and Owl Trust website following their AGM 10 days ago. Slightly odd? Have there been new trustees elected?Was the Chair re-elected? Or what? Is it a secret? The H&OT say in part of their website that they are supporting two elements of the government’s hopeless Hen…
A gentle reminder – very good value
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We are still in Big Match Fortnight – a period where your donation to the World Land Trust appeal to protect a habitat corridor for Indian Elephants will be doubled! But time is running out so this weekend would be a good time to make that donation – it’s a very good cause and a…
@Team4nature300
The ‘team for nature‘ team (@team4nature300 on Twitter) is worth keeping an eye on. They have a big social media presence but a very low real life profile. They have also been very helpful in promoting our e-petition on banning driven grouse shooting through Twitter and thunderclaps. I know a little about them – but…
Dunlin at Dove Stone
Nesting Curlews and Dunlin were recorded in record numbers at Dove Stone nature reserve in the Peak District this year thanks to blanket bog habitat restoration. Over the summer, the RSPB recorded 44 pairs of Dunlin at the Saddleworth site, an increase of 37 pairs since 2004 and one pair up on last year’s previous…
Snog, marry, avoid?
At the State of Nature launch there was a panel discussion which was very ably chaired by Sue Armstrong-Brown (now of Green Alliance but a former colleague at RSPB). One of the questions to the panel was, in a post-Brexit world which EU environmental policies would you Snog, Marry or Avoid. The panel’s answers were…
Last day to voice your views
Today is the last day you can submit evidence to the inquiry into grouse shooting being held by the House of Commons Petitions Committee as a result of our e-petition and ahead of a debate on the subject. When you do, you’ll get a message like the one above. I’ve seen many excellent, short and…