I am a kayaker, Nature-lover, conservationist-becoming-activist. I worked (with Mark) on Bee-eaters in The Camargue and (without Mark) on Bee-eaters in Sénégal and I’m now a consultant and volunteer on conservation and local community development mainly in Sierra Leone, Liberia, and other parts of West Africa. I live next to the Angus Glens and I…
Tag: beaver
Press release – Beavers, Scottish Rewilding Alliance
Call for fresh approach as Scotland’s beaver killing season begins The future of Scotland’s fragile population of wild beavers is at risk as this year’s beaver killing season begins, says the Scottish Rewilding Alliance, a coalition of 24 leading environmental charities, countryside access organisations, businesses and community groups. Scotland’s baby beavers are officially seen as no…
Press release – Beaver Trust
Diverse group call for long-term plan for England’s beavers Government asked to allow wild beaver populations to remain and expand naturally in England Beavers should be recognised as native and given appropriate legal status Robust national management framework with funding and local support is required Licensed releases including from enclosures should be planned on suitable…
Scottish petition – Beavers
Trees for Life has launched a petition to urge the Scottish Government to relocate Beavers to suitable areas rather than licencing their killing.
Press release Red List Mammals from the Mammal Society
One quarter of native mammals now at risk of extinction in Britain The first official Red List for British Mammals highlights species most at risk of national extinction in the near future, with researchers calling for urgent action to prevent their loss. The first official Red List for British Mammals, produced by the Mammal Society…
Press release – Rewilding Britain
New network to spearhead rapid rewilding across Britain A new project spearheading rapid and massively upscaled rewilding will be launched by Rewilding Britain later this year, to tackle the nature and climate emergencies, and help boost green recovery from the Covid-19 crisis. With nature faring worse in the UK than in most other countries, and…
Political wildlife protection
People say that wildlife protection should not be a political matter – by which they usually mean a party political matter. But it is, and it should be. Let’s examine the protected status given to Mountain Hares in Scotland by the Scottish Parliament yesterday after a vote of MSPs. First, it was a great result!…
Press release – Scottish Rewilding Alliance
SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT VOTE A BLOW TO ENDING BEAVER DEATHS The Scottish Rewilding Alliance welcomes the attempt by Mark Ruskell MSP to amend the Animals & Wildlife (Penalties, Protections and Powers) (Scotland) Bill to require the government ensure ‘favourable conservation status’ for Scotland’s beavers before issuing lethal control licences. The attempted amendment followed the announcement by…
Press release – National Trust acquires gateway to Lorna Doone country
Charity acquires gateway to Lorna Doone’s Exmoor Legendary landscape acquired to protect nature and benefit people Scenes from the novel can be discovered in the landscape Every penny donated or spent on site will be used for wildlife projects in the area Landscape purchased before coronavirus crisis The National Trust has announced its acquisition of…
Guest blog – Pheasant or Pheasant’s-eye? by Miles King
Pheasant or Pheasant’s-eye? Nature Connection and Conservation What’s important about nature? I’m not talking about however many tonnes of Carbon a Sitka spruce tree locks up during its short life, or whether a Beaver stops a town flooding. I mean what is important to you, as a person. Why do you care about nature? A…