Red Grouse get to Iceland

As climate change worsens, the expected range of the Red Grouse will shift north, perhaps leaving northern England altogether, at least those are the predictions of climate change modelling (see, for example, here). But in the Daily Mail (and only the Daily Mail as far as I can see – editor Paul Dacre, grouse moor…

Good news from Quito! Twice!

Governments across the world commit to stopping lead poisoning in migratory birds As described in my earlier blogs (here and here)  the inter-governmental Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) has been holding a Conference of the Parties (COP) in Quito, Ecuador this week. One of the Resolutions aimed at stopping the poisoning of migratory birds includes…

I hope they sink (III)

This is the third blog on the subject of the Cambridge University Boat Club’s misguided plans to erect their new boathouse on a county wildlife site on the edge of Ely.   Today the Duke of Edinburgh visits Cambridge to be at the launch of the Cambridge Conservation Initiative.  Prince Philip was the Chancellor of…