This morning I reported that Natural England (NE) had issued licences to destroy buzzard nests and kill or capture adult birds. Setting aside the serious impact of the licences for a moment, the way in which NE and DEFRA have acted is central to our...

State of Nature in Scotland Yesterday I participated in a ground breaking event. I hosted the launch of the Scottish end of the State of Nature report. This is a collaboration of expert bodies pooling data about wildlife species and diagnosing the...

Yesterday was a big day for nature. For the first time ever, all of the UK's leading wildlife organisations joined forces to undertake a health check on nature & together we launched the State of Nature report with the help of Sir David Attenborough...

I enjoyed the launch of our joint State of Nature report yesterday. My day started on the BBC Breakfast sofa alongside a common toad ably handled by Jim Foster (from Amphibian and Reptile Conservation ). It ended with an excellent event at the Natural...

Today sees the launch of one of the most comprehensive assessments of the health of the UK’s natural environment. Sadly, much of the ‘ State of Nature ’ report, written by new partnership of 25 research and conservation organisations...