Regular readers of this blog may remember how amazed I was to learn that Gyr Falcons and perhaps hybrid falcons were being wild-hacked in Moray. Wild hacking involves releasing birds into the wild temporarily with the aim of toughening them up and recapturing them, in this case to export them to the Middle East. You…
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This blog in November
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This blog always ends the year, in November and December, with two rather slower months. They are often two of the least busy months of the year in terms of numbers of page views of the blog, comments and readers. November having 30 days is one factor and then there is relatively little news over…
The BBC’s carbon footprint
I’m addicted to the Today programme and a big fan of Martha Kearney but I do wonder why she is broadcasting from Antarctica at the moment. There may be lots of reasons why Martha is in Antarctica, perhaps she is doing a whole series of filming and broadcasting assignments, but I do wonder whether the…
Election watch (10) – make this the climate change election
Now we have seen the Labour, LibDem, Brexit, Green and Conservative manifestos we can compare the futures they offer. If this is the Brexit election then you probably know where the different parties stand on that issue. If you want a poor Leave deal then vote Conservative. If you want an even worse Leave deal…
This blog
Some time on Saturday this blog passed 1,000,000 pageviews for 2019 so far. For context, here are the previous four years (1 Jan – 31 Dec): 2018, 898k pageviews 2017, 876k pageviews 2016, 1,254k pageviews 2015, 808k pageviews
Badgers and Turtle Doves
I had a great time at the Badger Trust conference on Saturday – and in talking to many delegates on Friday evening too. There were some old friends there, including some readers of this blog, and one person who had delivered lots of postcards in the Calder Valley promoting Chris Packham’s and Wild Justice’s e-petition….
The evidence-unbased Badger cull
I’m off to the Badger Trust Conference later today for tomorrow’s talks. I know very little about Badgers but it’s difficult not to get involved in what appears to be the start of wildlife-cleansing of a native species from large areas of the country. Wild Justice is looking at the Badger cull and we’ve had…
The RSPB and game shooting
Saturday’s welcome announcement from the RSPB that they are reviewing their position over game shooting is just that – welcome. None of us yet knows what that review will look like nor what, if anything, the RSPB has in mind might change; but we can guess. First, you don’t announce a review if your attention…
Save Catfield Fen (again?)
Hmmm – it seems as if the battle fought over water abstraction by the owners and managers of Catfield Fen – Mr and Mrs Tim Harris – is being seen as a useful case study with much wider relevance than even just in the Norfolk Broads, or the UK but on a more global scale…
Guest blog – The Climate Change Elephant by Ian Parsons
It is great to see so many people, young and old, getting involved in the climate change protests, highlighting the sheer scale of the problem to all. It is great that the United Nations are debating it, talking about the urgent need for action, although of course, some world leaders have their orange heads firmly…