Legal challenge to Scottish Government’s beaver killing policy can proceed says Scottish Court of Session Scotland’s supreme civil court has given Trees for Life permission to challenge the Scottish Government’s beaver killing policy through a judicial review. The rewilding charity says the Government’s nature agency NatureScot is breaking the law by failing to make the…
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Guest blog – Cloak and dibber: the rare plant introduction controversy by Amanda Tuke
Amanda is a nature and environment writer and blogger based in the wilds of suburban south London. She writes mainly about suburban wildflowers, insects and birds on her blog. Her nature writing has appeared in anthologies, on the London Wildlife Trust blog and in Devon Life Magazine. She also blogs on www.freelancenaturewriter.com about her…
Sunday book review – Restoring the Wild by Roy Dennis
Roy Dennis is a ‘name’ in ornithology and nature conservation – he was the warden of the Fair Isle Bird Observatory from 1964-70 (following Ken Williamson and Peter Davis), the RSPB’s person in the Highlands (under various job titles) from 1970-90 and, ever since, an independent conservationist mostly involved with species reintroductions and habitat restoration….
Press release – birds of Poole Harbour
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The Reintroduction & Rewilding Summit Launch A Focus on Wildlife Restoration and a Vision for the Future – created and hosted by Birds of Poole Harbour & The Self-Isolating Bird Club – Saturday 10th April 2021. On April 10th 2021, Dorset-based charity Birds of Poole Harbour in partnership with Chris Packham’s and Megan McCubbin’s Self Isolating…
Guest blog by Celtic Reptile and Amphibian
Celtic Reptile & Amphibian is an organisation which focusses on ex-situ conservation of UK and European native herps, through captive breeding. Twitter @CelticReptile See more here. Harvey Tweats is one Co-director of Celtic Reptile & Amphibian and focusses on ecology and species restoration. He is a longstanding rewilder and widescale nature restoration advocate, inspired by…
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Who doesn’t love a turtle? asks the headline. Quite a few to judge from the reception this piece got on social media. Two lads planning to make money out of captive breeding reptiles and amphibians and with an ambition to reintroduce herptiles to the UK – quite a few of them. When I was their…
87 Beavers memorial calendar
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Thank you to the friend who sent me this calendar – it’s very attractive and proceeds go to support the Scottish Beaver Group.
Press release – Trees for Life
Trees for Life crowdfunder to protect Scotland’s beavers raises £60,000 A crowdfunding appeal by Trees for Life to help protect Scotland’s endangered wild beavers has raised almost £60,000 – setting the scene for a court challenge to the Scottish Government’s beaver policy, which the charity says is causing needless loss of beavers’ lives. Trees for…
Quiet day…
There really doesn’t seem to be much happening in the world of nature conservation today but I was very pleased to see the excellent Trees for Life reach and pass their fundraising target for this legal challenge against Nature Scotland.
Guest blog – Digging Holes by Alick Simmons
Alick Simmons is a veterinarian, naturalist and photographer. He lives in Somerset. He has written six previous guest blogs here – click here. His Twitter handle: @alicksimmons I’m a conservation newbie, an ingenu trying to compensate for a terrifying lack of experience. Although I’ve been a wildlife nut since my early teens (and a proud…