Wonderful news from Dungeness – the purple heron chicks have left the nest. This is the first time that purple herons have fledged in the UK. This news come hot on the heels of the UK’s second successful little bittern nest at our Reserve...

The seas around our islands are amazing. The life it sustains is abundant and spectacular – let’s face it a visit to one of the UK’s seabird breeding colonies should be on everyone’s top 50 things to do! Here's a picture of...

Over 5000 responses are already in and most are objections to plans by Ayrshire Power to construct a new coal-fired power station at Hunterston. This recent article in the Herald shows just how wide the coalition of opposition has become. You can catch...

Serengeti Darf Nict Sterben – The Serengeti Shall Not Die. For all of my life the Serengeti has cast a long shadow. The 1959 Oscar-winning documentary, The Serengeti Shall Not Die – made by Bernhard Grzimek president of the Frankfurt Zoological...

The Barrow Port Area Action Plan has recently been Examined in Public – and as a result of the inspectors report has to make some changes if it is to be formally adopted – to be deemed sound, in the jargon. The key amendment from the point...