Archive for conservation
Natural England – Failing to protect the countryside!
Regular readers will know of my anger and dismay at the UK Government and the government agency ‘Natural England’ for authorising licenses to remove nests and eggs of Buzzards to ‘protect’ Pheasant shooting interests. You can read my post on this here: http://www.theinkednaturalist.co.uk/buzzards-the-final-straw/ I would also urge you to read Alan Tilmouth’s excellently detailed post [...]
Buzzards, the final straw!
Today I read in the Guardian that a government agency had issues licenses to destroy the eggs and nests of Buzzards to ‘protect’ pheasant shoots. The Buzzard is a protected species; so the fact that licenses have been issued to destroy part of the population of this raptor in order to ‘protect’ captive bred non-native [...]
Walking for Turkish Wildlife – Anxiety and Proposed route for week 1
My Walking for Turkish wildlife plans are now beginning to take shape, it is all starting to feel scarily real now! Half of me is really excited about this walk and half of me is absolutely terrified! I have no doubt that the toughest part for me is going to be not seeing Kath and [...]
Walking for Wildlife – A quick update!
I’ve not posted much lately about how plans are going for the walk across Turkey, but things are getting busy! I am still finalising the route with Doğa Derneği, but communication has been pretty great. The current draft of the route is looking pretty epic! If you click the link below the embedded map you [...]
The Scottish Birdfair – Awesomeness
Yesterday saw me heading of the M74 at some ridiculous hour in the morning with my three daughters and Kath. The weather wasn’t looking that great, typical Scottish weather some might say! Despite this we were all looking forward to a day at the Scottish Birdfair! I was admittedly a little bit nervous as [...]
The Scottish Birdfair – Giving my right (and left) arm!
Tomorrow I am looking forward to visiting The Scottish Birdfair with my family! It will be an early start for us, but the kids are looking forward to an exciting day out in Scotland! I hope that I will see you there too! If you are visiting then you it would be great to see [...]
Training for Turkey Update: Running Streak (Bad Idea)!
Continuing with my training for turkey fitness campaign, I decided to test my mettle by doing a running streak! This wasn’t my brightest idea, but when have I ever been sensible! You will have already read about Day 1 of my running streak; 10k leg of the BQ Relay at the Sunderland Marathon last Sunday! [...]
Birdlife Malta Update – Maltese Governments failure to carry out its legal obligations!
With the spring hunting season coming to an end on Malta the following summary by Birdlife Malta indicates that the Maltese Government is failing massively in its legal obligations: Tuesday 30th April – Today, on the final day of the spring hunting season, BirdLife Malta presented the provisional results of its Spring Watch bird migration [...]
Birdlife Malta – Saving species on the frontline!
It always seems to be sad news when I report from Malta, today is no different! Protected species continue to me shot illegally and indiscriminately by hunters in Malta. The following press release from Birdlife Malta details how these shot birds are cared for! Saturday 27th April – Tomorrow, the second Pallid Harrier to be [...]
Spring hunting in Malta clearly out of control!
Despite the Maltese pro-hunting Government claiming that the derogation of the EU Birds Directive is being strictly controlled, the government have made available 28 soldiers to assist the police. The following press release from Birdlife Malta explains the situation: Thursday 25th April – BirdLife Malta understands that up to 28 soldiers have been made available [...]
