Slender Groundhoppers (c) Philip Precey Wildlife wonders from magical meadows Attention-grabbing insects steal the show in summer – bright blue butterflies, burnished burnet moths and rattling grasshoppers – but how many of us look for other surprising stars of the sunshine? The Wildlife Trusts offer 10 top meadow ...read more →
Yellow Meadow Ant - Meul-ARCO (c) (NaturePl) Wildlife wonders from magical meadows Attention-grabbing insects steal the show in summer – bright blue butterflies, burnished burnet moths and rattling grasshoppers – but how many of us look for other surprising stars of the sunshine? The Wildlife Trusts offer 10 top ...read more →
Westminster Hall debate Badger Vaccines 16 October 2013 Badger Vaccines 4.45 pm David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale) (Con): I am delighted to have secured a debate on the important subject of badger vaccinations to prevent bovine TB. I am also delighted that so many hon. Members are here today. I ...read more →
Badger vaccination in the control of bovine TB From Fridge to Field This is a reworking of my October 3rd talk to the ZSL workshop on the contribution of badger and cattle vaccination in the control of bovine TB. Two major pieces of scientific research by Chambers et al and ...read more →
100 Scientists, vets, conservationists, land managers and stars Sign Up to Save England’s Badgers I am proud to add my signature as an earth-bound contribution. Sir Roger Moore, Dame Judi Dench, Joanna Lumley, Brian Blessed, Martin Shaw, Anthony Head and Virginia McKenna OBE are among over one hundred celebrities, scientists, naturalists, veterinarians ...read more →
In the same week that Independent commentators mused that conservative party membership had fallen below 100000 for the first time in its history, a letter was sent to all Conservative MPs and Ministers on Friday evening showing how far PM David Cameron is out of touch with Conservatives over badger cull Conservative ...read more →
Philippa Lyons joined BBOWT as Head of Marketing and Communications for the Berks, Bucks and Oxon Wildlife Trust (BBOWT) in Sept 1990 before being appointed Chief Executive in 2004. During her twenty three years at the Trust it has grown from an annual income of c. £270k to c. £5m, ...read more →
Consultation opens on world’s first tidal lagoon Gordon McGlone‘s insight: Swansea Bay was the backdrop to my student days as a Jt Hons Zoology and Botany undergraduate. Mud may not be glamorous but it is packed with juicy invertebrates beloved of wading birds. The Severn Estuary and ...read more →
The value of badgers in the full cost of a badger cull The Badger Swagger and Can the Carrot are two powerful statements that culture must not be forgotten in valuing the role of the badger in a sustainable countryside. The value of badgers in the full cost of ...read more →