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State of Nature 2: Farming in the spotlight

Despite the BBC editorial team not passing today’s launch of the second State of Nature report sufficiently newsworthy to be included in this evening’s News at 10, it was included in this morning’s episode of the Today programme on Radio 4. If you didn’t catch it it can be found just under two hours intoContinueContinue reading “State of Nature 2: Farming in the spotlight”

BirdFair 2016

August was a particularly busy month and I must apologise that various projects took up a good deal of my time, meaning that blog posts were few and far between. The month culminated in a much needed week away in Western Scotland where I was lucky enough to see my fist golden eagle and whiteContinueContinue reading “BirdFair 2016”

Brexit: an opportunity for farmers and conservationists to unite?

I am eternally optimistic that one day, everyone involved in the land sector will share my view that in order to bring about a thriving countryside, both economically and ecologically, farmers and conservationists need to come together in discussions as to how to manage rural Britain. We have a governmental department that supposedly seeks toContinueContinue reading “Brexit: an opportunity for farmers and conservationists to unite?”

Vision for Nature Report Published

Eighteen months ago Matt Williams and Lucy McRobert, from the youth conservation network A Focus On Nature, invited me to join a committee tasked with running a campaign getting young people to think about a ‘vision for nature’ for the next generation. This campaign has culminated in the publication of a report, released today, whichContinueContinue reading “Vision for Nature Report Published”

Where is Flaviu the runaway lynx?

For the past ten days or so Dartmoor has claimed its very own ‘Beast’, and this time it isn’t mythical, although ‘beast’ should really be the last word used to describe Flaviu, the lynx who broke free from Dartmoor Zoo just a few hours after having arrived there from Kent. There certainly doesn’t seem toContinueContinue reading “Where is Flaviu the runaway lynx?”