Here comes the sun Spring is holding its breath – just waiting for the first frost-free night or warm rains before everything explodes into greenery. Usually by now there have been daffodils for a month, the crocuses are nearly done and...

Yesterday I described a scientific study on the potential impacts of predators such as sparrowhawks and magpies (and others) on songbird numbers. This important study, which provides hardly any support for the widely-held idea that common predators...

Today sees the publication of two interesting and important studies of the impacts of predator species on their prey's populations. I'll discuss them both here in this blog. This post is about the analysis carried out by the BTO (with the University...

Finally some dry and sunny weather has arrived here in Cambs. Last week saw a few interesting sightings with our Barn Owls being quite evident as the evenin. A Little Owl was also observed on the farm during the day too. Around 60 Golden Plover were...

Today sees the publication of two interesting and important studies of the impacts of predator species on their prey's populations. I'll discuss them both here in this blog. This post discusses a study of the impacts of predators on populations...