RSPB press release: Yet another hen harrier disappears in suspicious circumstances in North Yorkshire This is the ninth tagged hen harrier in three months to vanish in similar circumstances in the UK Hen harriers have declined by a quarter since 2004 and are on the brink of extinction in England North Yorkshire is ‘worst county in…
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Wuthering Moors 78 – NE and Defra must act
This post is about damaging tracks, past and present, on protected moorland. I’d like to take you back in time on Walshaw Moor. This photograph was posted on this blog in Wuthering Moors 39, 13 September 2013. I pointed out that this place was marked on the OS map as a stream but now (in…
Cross? No, staff are quite pleased actually…
James Cross steps down today and Marian Spain of Plantlife appointed interim Chief Executive of Natural England. See announcement here on the awful GOV.UK site.
Wuthering Moors 77 – a track going nowhere
Introduction: This post is about a track that a grouse shooting estate wants to build across their grouse moor. The land is designated because of its nature conservation importance. I, with the help of some very clever lawyers and the financial support of many of you, have stopped this track being built once on the…
Protecting Little Terns with EU help
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Juvenile Little Tern. Photo: Tim Melling A press release issued by the RSPB on behalf of themselves, Cumbria Wildlife Trust, Denbighshire County Council, Durham County Council, Industry Nature Conservation Association (INCA), Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust, National Trust, Natural England, Northumberland County Council/Northumberland Coast AONB and Spurn Bird Observatory Trust. ‘Terning’ the tide – protecting a small…
Guest blog – Natural History GCSE – still a bad idea by Chris Baker
Chris is a science teacher of 10 years and a former country park ranger. He began his teaching career in London before taking up posts at British schools in Vietnam and China. He is a Biology specialist and for three years has been Head of Science at the British School Bucharest. The campaign to introduce…
A response from NE
The folowing, received on Friday morning, refers to this. Dear Mr Mark Avery, Thank you for your complaint of Friday the 2nd of November 2018 with regards to FOI requests. We are committed to fully investigating all complaints from our customers and you will receive a response at stage 1 of the complaints process no later…
Asking the burning questions?
Dear Natural England I understand from a member of NE staff that the blanket bog overlay on the MAGIC system is not the most accurate or up to date dataset which NE has on blanket bog extent – can you confirm whether this is true? what plans does NE have to make the more accurate…
12-0 and 0-7; quite striking results!
The news of the four Hen Harriers which disappeared mysteriously on grouse moors in Scotland is shocking. That is, shocking in the sense of morally reprehensible rather than really rather surprising. As I mentioned in my earlier blog, an interesting aspect of this news is the revelation that 12 young Hen Harriers have been discovered…
Four Hen Harriers disappear on Scottish grouse moors
Press release from RSPB: Margot – a Hen Harrier last heard from on 29 August from a driven grouse moor on the Aberdeenshire/Moray border. RSPB Scotland is appealing for information following the suspicious disappearance of four satellite tagged hen harriers over the last 10 weeks. All of the birds were tagged at various nest sites,…