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Guest post | The march of progress?

Posted on June 12, 2020June 12, 2020 by Charlie Moores

Over the last few years I have started to feel that the driving force is of ‘progress at any cost’, and that there have been minimal checks and allowances made for wildlife on some long-term development projects. For instance we have ‘suffered’ a major road expansion. Many people will have spent far too long on the A14, the major east-west route through the county, either before it was improved, or during the recent three years of its improvement. Right from the start many of us were horrified when trees containing rookeries were felled…Guest post by Louise Bacon

Guest Post: Not our Tiddles!

Posted on May 31, 2020October 19, 2020 by Charlie Moores

“It’s that time of year when we look out the window and see birds building their nests. Some have already got young, we can hear the hungry cries of nestlings, and see the busy parents bringing back food for a nest full of gaping mouths. Soon baby birds will start to fledge, test their wings and leave the nest. Once out, a fledgeling is beset with danger. Owls, weasels, magpies, crows, foxes, and even rats will take and eat a baby bird, but of course cats are prolific, and arguably the least justifiable, bird hunters.” Guest post by campaigner, activist and cat-lover Emily Jones

Birds of Poole Harbour

Posted on February 7, 2020November 25, 2020 by Charlie Moores

This week the Birds of Poole Harbour (BoPH) team made the quick walk along Poole harbourfront to Lush’s Dolphin Quays offices to talk about the charity and the (surprisingly) numerous projects they’re all working on. BoPH founder Paul Morton and Liaison Officers Liv Cooper and Joe Parker gave an entertaining and zippy three-part presentation, explaining in an energised hour everything from how the group was founded and the local habitats and sites it has helped restore, to the launch of its ‘Engagement HQ’ and its flagship translocation Osprey Project.

Guest post: Denise Goodfellow | Gamba Grass Control

Posted on December 6, 2019October 23, 2020 by Charlie Moores

“I first encountered Gamba grass about twenty years ago. The ramifications that this four metre high weed could have for fauna and flora were obvious. Gamba was rapidly spreading, transforming woodland into monotypic grassland by outcompeting native plants and fueling dangerous conflagrations. Vegetation that had evolved over aeons to carry cool fire died, from tiny grasses to the tallest stringybarks.” Guest post by Australian biologist Denise Goodfellow.

Conservative Manifesto and fox hunting

Posted on November 25, 2019April 29, 2021 by Charlie Moores

Boris Johnson launched the Conservatives’ general election Manifesto over the weekend. The focus was on spending plans and Brexit, but one line has seen significant comment from pro-wildlife campaigners. At the bottom of page 43 was the short statement: “We will make no changes to the Hunting Act”. What, asks Charlie Moores, would that mean in reality?

Animal Welfare and the General Election 2019

Posted on November 22, 2019December 3, 2019 by Charlie Moores

There are just weeks left before the UK’s General Election, and most political pundits (and perhaps most voters) are focussing on financial commitments and Brexit. Where do the major political parties stand on animal welfare and issues like, for example, fox hunting though? Who, asks Charlie Moores, best represents the pro-wildlife voter?

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