Oscar Dewhurst – Clark’s Nutcracker

Oscar writes: After our week in Yellowstone, we spent a few days staying near Jackson Lake in Grand Teton National Park. One of my favourite birds there was the Clark’s Nutcracker, and in fact I saw several in the pine trees just outside the hotel rooms. One morning I spent an hour photographing this bird…

Buzzard bashers

On Friday we heard that High Court judge, Justice Oueseley, upheld a judicial review against Natural England over its refusal to issue licences to kill Buzzards that were allegedly causing damage to a Pheasant shoot by eating too many Pheasants. Reports by Raptorpersecutionscotland and National Gamekeepers’ Organisation. There has been an outcry by raptor lovers…

An event

I spent Thursday evening and Friday and Saturday at the New Networks for Nature meeting – it was great in an inspiring, relaxing, challenging and humorous mixture. But the best bit, the very best bit, the very very best bit, was on Friday morning when George Monbiot and Tony Juniper debated, in a very friendly,…

A tale of two birds

In the latest volume of Bird Study there are papers reporting on two UK national surveys of waders: Woodcock and Dotterel. You could hardly pick two more different species, with Woodcock being largely nocturnal and living in wooded areas, and Dotterels living on the peaks of the highest mountains in Scotland (mostly). But the messages…