Olaf Lipor is a well-known Scandinavian naturalist with a long track record of engagement in citizen science projects. His previous Guest Blogs here, about two years and one year ago, were on a Fat Tax and Citizen Science. Olaf is not yet found on Twitter. I am aware that the pages of this website are…
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Moorland managers exhibit further lack of control
West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service has ordered landowners to stop heather burning with “immediate effect” after 15 (some reports say 20) fire vehicles, and crews, had to respond to a fire that got out of control. Nick Smith, assistant chief fire officer with West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service, said; We are disappointed to…
My column in April Birdwatch
The editorial team at Birdwatch are very kind to me, my copy deadline for each issue has gradually crept closer to publication day to enable my political birder column to be vaguely topical. And so it was first thing on 10 March that I sent Rebecca Armstrong my words for the April issue and it…
Looking ahead
My calendar is emptying rapidly – I expect yours is too. There are talks I’ve been asked to give which have been cancelled, no surprises there, and events to which I was hoping to go which have been cancelled or postponed. Even attending a family wedding in June looks somewhat up in the air… However,…
A year ago
A year ago this very important paper looking at the fate of satellite-tagged Hen Harriers was published in Nature Communications. It’s open access and so you can read it but it does take quite a bit of reading. Here is my post from last year which explains what the paper found – several people have…
NEWS: update from Court 69 #justice4henharriers
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One of the three Appeal Court judges, Sir Patrick Elias, was taken ill over the lunch break and the case has been stopped. Obviously, I send Sir Patrick my every best wish for a full and speedy recovery. None of us knows the details of the illness but it occurred at a time when rumours…
Update from Court 69 #justice4henharriers
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Our appeal against the judgment of Justice Lang is being heard today and tomorrow in Court 69 of the Royal Courts of Justice. I’m disappointed not to be there but I’ve had an update from our legal team. Our barrister, David Wolfe QC was first to make submissions and those were finished just before lunch…
Guest blog – A happy Paddy’s Day by Mark Robins
Mark Robins – a more or less full working life in and around nature NGOs and agencies various – mostly in South West England and especially for the RSPB. Moved to Ireland in 2018 and for a year led the BirdWatch Ireland Conservation & Policy team and is now a freelance natural environment and sustainable…
#justice4henharriers update for tomorrow
I’m afraid that I won’t be attending our Appeal hearing tomorrow – along with some of the legal team there are personal reasons connected to coronavirus for me being absent and the government advice has certainly become a lot clearer about travelling. I feel bad about this as I want to be there (who knows…
Tomorrow we are in court
Tuesday and half of Wednesday are set aside for our (and the RSPB’s) appeal against the judgment of Justice Lang on brood meddling. I’m planning to be there – government travel bans permitting. There will not be a single Hen Harrier in court but we are taking this case for them – Hen Harriers can’t…