There ought to be a lot more Golden Eagles in the UK and the results of the most recent survey (2015) show that there are more than in 2003 so that’s good news. There are 508 pairs of Golden Eagles in Scotland which represents an increase of 15% which isn’t bad at all and is…
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Julie Williams to succeed Martin Warren
Martin Warren‘s successor as Chief Executive of Butterfly Conservation will be Julie Williams.
Planet Earth 2
There is just the one planet Earth – and it is a fantastically amazing place. I wouldn’t want to live anywhere else. Last night’s opening programme in the new Attenborough series was breathtaking in its beauty – ‘that’s where I live’ we all should have been shouting. ‘I love that place!’. ‘What can I do…
Planet Earth 2
I’m looking forward to Planet Earth 2 which starts this weekend (Sunday BBC1 8pm) – the trailer is amazing and so are these images. What if? What if you could only watch this programme if you could prove that you had done something for wildlife this year? Or this week? It’s not a serious suggestion…
Gems from the written evidence 23 – an ex-gamekeeper
This is very interesting, and I suspect this man, an ex-gamekeeper was rather brave to speak out like this. Here are some excerpts from his written evidence: I am writing regarding the recent petition to ban Driven Grouse Shooting and its proposed debate in Parliament. My name is Paul Tooley and until recently I had…
Gems from the written evidence 20 – more from the Peak District
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Locals from the Peak District are rightly outraged by what is happening in their National Park. I’ve already highlighted some written evidence from Bob Berzins, the Peak District Raptor Monitoring Group, Nick Brown and the Sheffield Bird Study Group. Here are some more views: Arne Swithenbank: I walk frequently in the Staffordshire Moorlands where the…
Gems from the written evidence 19 – Nature Scotland
Disclaimer (March 2020) – This was not written by anyone connected to the tourism company ‘Nature Scotland’ and was done by an external person who decided to title it ‘Nature Scotland’. A view from someone in an industry that suffers because of driven grouse shooting; I work in the Wildlife Tourism industry and I can…
Gems from the written evidence 17 – retired policeman Neil MacDonald
This is the evidence from someone with plentiful experience of investigating wildlife crime. Here are some excerpts from his expert testimony; I was a senior crime investigator with the police but found investigating wildlife crime a very frustrating part of my work as a police officer. Of the many wildlife crimes I was tasked to…
Gems from the written evidence 16 – taxidermists stuffed to bits!
Please read the evidence from Yvonne Corbet – bird stuffers of the world unite to defend driven grouse shooting (no matter the floods, the loss of wildlife, the greenhouse gases). Woohoo!
Gems from the written evidence 15 – Dr Ian Mclean
There is rather too much talk about birds and too little about everything else in the discussions about the harm caused by driven grouse shooting. So have a look at the evidence submitted by a distinguished entomologist with many years experience (can you spot anyone remotely similar speaking up for the unsustainable management of our…