Blogs

Many people talk about the hen harrier problem - but we are often talking at cross-purposes. As far as we can tell, in England, there were only six successful hen harrier nests in 2009 - so we regard the hen harrier problem as being the lack of these...

This year is already a terrible year for illegal killing of peregrine falcons. Sometimes we are told that we exagerrate the scale of illegal killing of birds of prey, but given the fact that such activity is totally illegal, so that the perpetrators aren't...

Some farmers may be choking on their cornflakes when they read in the Daily Telegraph that Lord Mandelson is their most powerful ally in their campaign to avoid being required to replace the environmental benefits of set-aside. Lord Mandelson's Business...

Buzzards are a common sight over The Lodge these days and on a sunny lunch time I would now expect to see one or probably more. This bird's amazing recovery over the last few decades is well documented for Bedfordshire on the excellent website of...

There are seven police vans parked outside our London Office - are they expecting our lobby of Parliament on the Marine Bill to be a riot? I'll let you know!