Have you been keeping track of the Raptor Persecution Scotland blog over the last few days? On Wednesday they posted this blog Mass raptor poisoning in Wales: police cover-up? and then followed up yesterday with this Mass raptor poisoning in Wales: police respond but questions remain. Fascinating and important stuff – hat-tip to them!
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National Parks – have your say
The Campaign for National Parks wants us to have a big conversation about the future of our National Parks – what a good idea. It’s a pretty good survey and doesn’t take very long to complete. The survey has useful questions such as: Q What, if any, changes would you like to see to National…
Martin Warren to flit off in the autumn
Dr Martin Warren, one of the wisest and most knowledgeable conservationists on the scene during my lifetime, is to retire from the role of CEO of Butterfly Conservation in the autumn. He will be missed not only because he knows a lot and has never been known to say anything daft, but also because he…
Common?
I like Common Gulls – otherwise known as Mew Gulls. When people ask me how to recognise them I say they are the gulls with friendly faces (there is no feature more diagnostic of a Herring Gull than its annoyed expression). But Common is a misnomer most of the time – in these parts, Common…
Looking forward to BAWC conference at the weekend
I’ll be speaking at the BAWC conference on Saturday and will be around on Sunday too. I’m looking forward to it. I’ll bring a few copies of Inglorious with me
Loch of the Lowes and Glenisla
I was lucky to have most of a day for mooching on Friday – and I was able to mooch in Perthshire and Angus. I first went to the Loch of the Lowes – a famous Osprey site but also an easy place to see Red Squirrels. Just because it is easy to see them…
Another great day
Last Sunday was a great day – how could it not be in scenery like this? And there was an adult White-tailed Eagle seen several times to add to the view (and a distant probable Golden Eagle too). As the eagle flew over these hills it scared Red Grouse into the air and they were…
Scary
Iolo Williams is a mate of mine but it was slightly unnerving to spend a night in the Grant Arms Hotel last week with his shiny face grinning at me through the dark all night long. Scary! Truly scary!
Great day
I spent Saturday – a lovely sunny day – inside the SNH conference centre at Battleby – at a Scottish Raptor Study Groups’ conference. It was a great day. I was speaking, which always takes the shine off my day (and perhaps others’ too), but the other speakers were a very impressive line-up. We…
Reminder – Defra Secs of State
Over 250 of you have expressed your views as to the best and worst Defra Secretary of State so far. I doubt that the results will change very much but I’ll keep the poll open at least through this week, so do, please, cast your votes.