I’ve read this document – click here – several times, and I’ll need to read it several times more to get the most out of it. But my initial rating of it is 6.5/10 which is quite a bit higher than I expected. I’d be very interested in others’ views on this document and I’d…
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Guest blog – Is this a mole trap I see before me by Alick Simmons
Alick Simmons spent most of his career in public service serving as the UK Food Standards Agency’s Veterinary Director (2004-2007) and the UK Government’s Deputy Chief Veterinary Officer (2007-2015). He is the current chair of the Zoological Society of London’s Ethics Committee on Animal Research and a member of the Wild Animal Welfare Committee. He…
Bird flu in wild birds in UK 2016-2026
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has published positive cases of bird flu in wild birds since the last two weeks of December 2016. These figures used to be updated weekly but updates are now less regular – click here. Positive cases are dead birds sent in to the authorities in each of…
Guest blog – Walshaw Turbine 16 by Nick MacKinnon
Nick MacKinnon is a freelance teacher of Maths, English and Medieval History, and lives above Haworth, in the last inhabited house before Top Withens = Wuthering Heights. In 1992 he founded the successful Campaign to Save Radio 4 Long Wave while in plaster following a rock-climbing accident on Skye. His poem ‘The metric system’ won…
Guest blog – The Blackcap and the Mistletoe by Nick Brown
The Blackcap and the Mistletoe – a garden experiment pays off. Nick Brown worked for the Wildlife Trust for many years but since retiring has continued his voluntary work helping to run projects on Swifts and urban Peregrines. Nick was also involved in the initial stages of setting up Hen Harrier Days, the first being in…
RSPB press release – Peat with a Dram
Major whisky makers join forces for first-of-its-kind peatland revival at RSPB reserve A landmark conservation partnership has been announced, with RSPB Scotland and major whisky distillers Suntory Global Spirits, Diageo and The Glenmorangie Company uniting to restore peatland on Islay; one of Scotland’s most iconic landscapes. The project at The Oa nature reserve is set…
Wings Across the Atlantic
This is my latest book: Wings Across the Atlantic: a year in the life of two old birders. About Wings Across the Atlantic It is essentially a re-run of the book, Birds of a Feather by Colin Rees and Derek Thomas (see my review – click here) 11 years later with Colin based in Maryland,…
On (but not on) Walshaw Moor
If there were a fan club for Walshaw Moor then I’d be a member, despite never having set foot on it. I have passed it on the roads, stopped and looked at it, been glared at by its gamekeepers and spoken about it in meetings in both Hebden Bridge and Haworth and even won a…
Bird flu – positive cases in species of wild bird 2016-2025
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The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has published positive cases of bird flu for each week since the last two weeks of December 2016. These figures used to be updated weekly but large gaps are now appearing between updates – click here. Positive cases are dead birds sent in to the authorities in…
Operation Turtle Dove criticises Turtle Dove reintroduction scheme
Operation Turtle Dove is a collaboration between RSPB, Pensthorpe Conservation Trust, Fair to Nature and Natural England (click here) which aims to improve the dire status of Turtle Dove’s in the UK. On its website the four bodies say: Operation Turtle Dove is aware of reports of individuals and groups releasing captive-bred Turtle Doves. Whilst…