Mountain Hares crash and burn in Scotland
A new study, conducted jointly by the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology and the RSPB, has highlighted a catastrophic decline […]
RSPB criticised for protecting birds… fancy that?
This week, the depths of social media have been filled with grumblings of discontent aimed at the RSPB for their […]
Lets talk about the Tyne Kittiwakes
If you live in the North East, doubtless you have noted the recent, and entirely justified, outcry surrounding the unfortunate […]
Compassionate Conservation or admirable ignorance?
Compassionate Conservation is proposed as a “growing international movement that seeks to build the welfare of individual animals into conservation […]
Shooting Times speaks out over raptor persecution
If you kill raptors and you buy Shooting Times, please desist from doing both. You are ruining our sport and […]
Freethinkers, echo chambers and the cult of personality in conservation
Just as it is in politics, the cult of personality is alive and well in the environmental field. Just as […]
Hunting and Optics: should I feel guilty for where I shop?
It cannot have escaped your attention that, over the past few weeks, some optics companies (those who produce binoculars, scopes […]
Labour’s Animal Welfare Plan with regards to wild animals
It surely won’t have escaped your attention that just over a week ago now, the Labour party released what they […]
Goosanders face yet more hostility in Scotland
Discussions regarding the impact of predators – particularly Cormorants and Goosanders – upon fish stocks are not uncommon in my […]
We really must rethink the bonkers notion of Hen Harrier ‘brood management’
I am late to the party on this one I am afraid, and there are already many excellent articles out […]
A tentative step in the right direction | Some thoughts on the 25-year Environment Plan
This past week, and to an equal mix of fanfare and apprehension, the government released its long-awaited 25-year plan to improve […]
The New Northern Forest | I am not entirely convinced
The government has pledged £5.7m to kickstart the planting of a great Northern Forest that will span the country from […]
Reflecting on six-months of Michael Gove
Like a great many people, I suspect, the June appointment of Machiavellian, boris-slaying, hardline Brexiteer Michael Gove as Secretary of State for […]
10 environmental wishes for 2018 (Part 1)
An end to raptor persecution in the uplands In 2018 I want to see an end to the illegal persecution […]
A touch of hypocrisy from the SGA
I don’t particularly mind the Scottish Gamekeepers Association; sometimes they say quite reasonable things and on other occasions, they produce […]
The drawbacks of Environmental Blogging
Bloggers in the present day are everywhere: voluntary journalists covering, in often exquisite detail, everything from hair and beauty to […]
Clarification from LACS regarding Mink
A few days ago, I posted somewhat of a fervid piece in response to tweets published by the League Against […]
A mighty blow to LACS conservation credibility
In the eyes of ordinary folk, conservationists and animal rights activists are often indistinguishable. Indeed, both groups boast some […]
