Guest Blog – Good v Bad Science – Good v Bad Birdwatching by David Christian Rose

David is currently studying for a PhD at the University of Cambridge.  His research looks into how the interpretation of climate science affects biodiversity conservation policy-making and practice in England.  He is a keen birdwatcher and has a strong interest in British wildlife conservation.   I have been very interested in recent weeks to read…

Half-cooked protection

Those Yorkshiremen get everywhere don’t they?  Certainly Captain James Cook seems to have done.  His journeys of discovery are generally regarded as being Pacific Ocean expeditions but to get to the Pacific you have to start in the Atlantic and either hang a right and go around Cape Horn or hang a left and go…

Guest Blog – What’s so funny ‘bout peace, love and understanding? by Colin Williams

Colin Williams is a writer who explores our relationship with the natural world. He is also a conservationist and for many years worked with cetacean conservation organisation ORCA surveying whales and dolphins in northern Europe. He’s also worked for Planet Whale as a whale watching guide and in 2012 was writer-in-residence at WhaleFest.   The…

EDM 603 taking off

This was a very good week for EDM 603 which calls upon the Home Office to find the funding to keep the National Wildlife Crime Unit going (in my opinion it actually needs an increase in funding!).  21 new MPs signed up to the EDM and it is difficult to imagine that that is not…

Cartoon and bits and pieces

Apologies for the non-appearance of yesterday’s blog – I wrote it and then pushed the wrong button (and then spent a lot of time driving on snowy roads). Is it snowy enough for you? Imagine its impact on wildlife. A week tomorrow it is Big Garden Birdwatch – time to get those bird feeders filled…