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Sea eagles take turkeys off crofters’ Christmas table
In a shock revelation cameras have proved that eagles are not vegetarian. Film from White-tailed Eagle nests not only confirmed that the birds had white tails but that they were indeed eagles and ate meat. Although none of the images taken from nests showed the large birds bringing back nuts and berries to their ravenous…
Blown away
I needed to get out fairly early to finish delivering leaflets for my excellent MP, Andy Sawford. This meant leaving the house before it was light and walking around the neighbouring streets around 0745. Funnily enough, there weren’t many other people about. I don’t want to be a postman when I grow up! Just a…
Cinderella sites – not having a ball (let alone going to one)
The Wildlife Trusts’ new report, Secret Spaces: The status of England’s Local Wildlife Sites 2014, draws on evidence gathered this year showing that more than 10% of the 6,590 monitored Local Wildlife Sites have been lost or damaged in the last five years. With predicted growth in housing, new roads and other infrastructure all set…
Listed
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A Message from Martha has appeared in another couple of ‘book of the year’ lists this week. First Bel Mooney included A Message from Martha in her nature books of the year in the Daily Mail and then Barbara Kiser included it in her list of bird books in Nature.com. It’s always nice to see…
A reminder – readers’ survey
Which NGOs have had a good year? Which political parties would you like to see in a coalition government? What do you think of this blog? Over 600 of you have responded to the short survey on these and other fascinating issues – at least, your answers are fascinating. Click here to have your…
Milestones
The mile is a fairly strange thing, but I grew up with it. Being a distance of 1760 yards, with a yard being 3 feet (each of 12 inches) the somewhat arbitrary nature of this imperial measure was obvious. But in their way, all milestones are arbitrary. On the literal road, the pace that takes…
The price of everything and the value of nothing?
What they say when there is a general election only five months away, and when their constituent is clearly interested in wildlife conservation, 15 December 2014: ‘Like you I value the Wild Birds and Habitats Directives, and in my view the best way to defend them is to ensure that the obligations they apply are…
Shooting. Stars.
I usually wake up early. Today I was working at 4am (after five hours’ sleep) – and got quite a lot done, too. Several people may be surprised to see the time of day on the emails from me when they wake up. But at around 6am, while Tweet of the Day is on Radio…