I'm appalled at this news, it shames us all.

This Eagle was a gift given to us in Southern Scotland by friends. It was put into your hands to care for on behalf of the nation.

We have proved ourselves unworthy of that trust.

goldeneaglessouthofscotland.co.uk/blog/persecuti…

Post-lab evening Nightingale at Fen Drayton yesterday, just quality stuff. Cambs Bird Club Jon Heath

Heavily cropped record shot from yesterday of the Whinchat at Cuckoo Fen, #RSPB Ouse Fen, #Cambridgeshire RSPB Cambs Bird Club BBC Springwatch #BBCWildlifePOTD BBC Wildlife

elise tempelhoff It may be unacceptable to you - what if others (especially the communities who use it) have different views on acceptability? Surely it should be up to them to decide, not you to decide for them? royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs…

This argument being made by HSA Chair - that those groups pushing hunting bans don't have the money to maintain hunting areas - is beyond laughable. These groups don't want conservation funded by hunting, but refuse to fund it themselves & undermine existing options. Appalling.

Great article on train collisions with widlife—a silent killer. Re title: trains are not the biggest threat to grizzly bears. Trains are a major source of mortality in some places, but human-wildlife conflict=biggest. Both are avoidable.
nationalgeographic.com/animals/articl…

We are part of nature

I am supporting the #WeAreNature campaign to change the dictionary definition of nature to include humans

Please join us

If we perceive nature as ‘us’ rather than ‘other’ perhaps we might give more of a (🦫) dam?

wearenature.org

Hiya. Long shot, I’m hoping some humans will see this post, sign & share my new petition to get private vested interests & dirty money out of politics for good -

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/6600…

eg fossil fuel barons, genocidal maniacs, dodgy PPE contractors, Russian oligarchs,…

'When did humans lose their relationship with nature, based on sanctity, reverence, not utalisation'

getting braver to blend our ideas and shelve our ideals on land, rural, enviro issues within the same room

Will Owen

Great to hear Charlie Mayhew OBE highlight some of the nuance in this debate.

The article is slightly wrong the current Bill is only at the Committee stage in the House of Commons not as the article says in the House of Lords.

Court Case |

$10,000 penalty
15-year hunting ban
Rifle forfeited

An Elkford man was recently sentenced for unlawfully killing a Grizzly Bear.

For more info: tinyurl.com/ywvnpmxd #BCCOS

Tanzania is home to half of the world's buffalo population tanzaniatimes.net/how-many-buffa…

How many gamebirds (pheasants, red-legged and grey partridges) are released across Europe on average per year?