Bob Berzins is a campaigner and activist. His novel Snared is available now. His previous guests blogs here all focus on the management, or mismanagement of upland areas such as the Peak District, Walshaw Moor and the North York Moors. Natural England: Failure to assess and monitor Protected Sites means we all pay Most Pennine…
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Nature books and gender
It is a privilege to have published Stephen Moss’s round-up of nature books for the last three years, including this year’s which was published here yesterday. The number of books covered increases every year and many have said that this year provided not only a bumper crop but also more really good books than usual….
Stephen Moss’s 2020 Round-up of Nature books.
Stephen Moss is a naturalist, author and course leader of the MA Travel & Nature Writing at Bath Spa University. His latest book, The Swallow: A Biography, is published by Square Peg (£12.99). Here is his annual round-up of books about wildlife, nature and the environment. @stephenmoss_tv [Mark writes: where I have read and reviewed…
Writing, reading and comprehension over non-native gamebirds.
I think Matt Cross writes quite well, it’s his reading and comprehension that let him down! This is the Matt Cross who leapt into a long Twitter chain which contained a gross error because he hadn’t properly read the papers on which he was commenting. He has calmed down a bit now, for his current…
Guest blog – A Pheasant Surprise? Possible Implications of In-Combination Effects on the Gamebird Shooting Industry by Richard Wilson
Richard Wilson is a professional ecologist with 20 years’ experience undertaking surveys for a range of clients, His specialist knowledge is in invertebrate and avian ecology, and his technical knowledge informs Environmental Impact Assessments, including when relevant, Appropriate Assessment. His professional background has led to a keen interest in EU and UK law in the context…
Joint press release RSPB and HIWWT
Plans for Portsmouth ‘super peninsula’ should be binned not backed, say wildlife charities – 4000 new homes and new marine hub would rip up internationally important wildlife site and tear a hole through legal safeguards – Development could destroy vital line of natural defence against rising sea levels, meaning the public will pay over decades…
Press release – Beaver Trust
British beavers face fragile future without public support and government leadership, says new film exploring reintroductions Britain’s beavers could be major allies in tackling the climate and extinction crises – but without more public and government support face a fragile future, says Beaver Trust as it launches a new documentary film exploring the country’s relationship…
More on the new general licences for England
Farming Today has just covered the new general licences (9mins into programme). Heather Simons gave a good overview of the history and issues. BASC were interviewed and apparently they love dialogue. This is quite a turnaround. In 2019 BASC welcomed the decision (of which we believe they were a part) to rescind the invitations to…
New English general licences to be published today
It will be very interesting to view the new English general licences which are to be published later today. I honestly have no idea what they will look like. Last week we had a flurry of activity with our lawyers over the Wild Justice legal challenge of the Welsh general licences which goes to court…
Gamebirds victory – keep your eyes open
Following the victory of Wild Justice last week, a legal victory not a campaigning one, I have written a series of blogs about different aspects of the subject from the can of worms of non-compliance with existing legal requirements on registering captive gamebirds to the implications for other jurisdictions, and from the details of what…