A real shot across the bows for illegal fox hunting. a 10 year ban from owning or keeping dogs and 300 hours (the maximum) of unpaid work! A decent deterrent for others intent on breaking this law. www.copfs.gov.uk/about-copfs/...
Hunt master banned from keeping dogs after being convicted of illegal fox hunting | COPFS
Hunt master Claire Bellamy is the first person to be sentenced for carrying out an illegal fox hunt in Scotland under the Hunting with Dogs (Scotland) Act 2023
copfs.gov.uk
🎵geese, geese, so many geese. How many geese you got? LOTS!🎵
If you’ve ever found piles of shot gamebirds dumped in laybys, or stuffed inside bin bags & dumped in the woods, chucked in rivers etc, please send in your information to Defra’s Call for Evidence on the impacts of gamebird shooting. Closes 23.59hrs 1st Nov. raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/10/28/d...
Dead Partridges & Pigeons dumped in lay-by in East Riding of Yorkshire
Another shooting season is underway and that means incidents of dumped/fly-tipped gamebirds have also started again. Here’s one from this month, with dead Woodpigeons and Red-legged Partridge…
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When I was taken on by the RSPB so many volunteer chough watchers took me under their wing, looked after me, out for me, taught me lots & became friends. One of those was Judy Lodge & I am gutted she is no longer with us but her legacy lives on in our choughs who she spent hours watching over ❤️🖤
Pleased to see our choughs are making themselves seen (and heard).
Paul@vivthesetter.bsky.social · last mo.@cornishchoughs.bsky.social Look what you did 🖤 bsky.app/profile/runn...
Whilst the shooters are out casually and mindlessly killing and wounding thousands of sentient birds for no reason other than their own entertainment this w/e, it’d be great if you could do this! raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/10/02/d...
Defra’s Call for Evidence on gamebirds: what exactly is it asking for, and how can you help?
I hope by now that blog readers are aware of Defra’s Call for Evidence on gamebird rearing, releasing and shooting. The Call for Evidence was launched in September 2026, and closes on 1st Nov…
raptorpersecutionuk.org
After 30 years of making music, we've been lucky to have some incredible experiences, but this is one we could never have imagined. We're honoured to introduce ‘Underground’, our new track featuring Iggy Pop with vocal arrangement by Matt Sweeney. Listen/watch now @ www.mogwai.scot & all platforms.
I've signed the petition calling on the Government to make wildfire prevention and climate resilience a national priority. Join me and help protect the places we love. campaigns.nationaltrust.org.uk/page/196457/...
I've signed. Will you? Add your name to help make wildfire prevention and climate resilience a national priority, and stand with the communities affected by wildfires.
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GOOD NEWS: Bristol has become the first British city to impose a ban on the advertising of fossil fuels, airlines, cruises, fast fashion, and SUVs, on council-owned advertising space, including billboards, bus stop shelters, print and online. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Bristol becomes first British city to ban advertisements for fast fashion
Green-run council also curbing ads for airlines, cruises, fossil fuels and SUVs on its billboards and bus shelters
theguardian.com
Happy release day to @arabstrap.scot! 🎉🎉 "Half-Told Tales" is OUT NOW; head to arabstrap.scot to get a copy on your format of choice. Arab Strap also begin a short tour of in-store performances to celebrate, starting in Bristol this evening at Rough Trade.
There is a bank holiday special show coming up on BBCR2 in a bit. Lewis Capaldi’s great Scottish playlist. It’s not a bank holiday in Scotland is the second curious thought I have about this programming.
Good point. I read the story with my chough head on & not how it reads which is not clear on the 161 number - that is choughlets fledged & not the total number of choughs found in Cornwall (poke @rspbengland.bsky.social ) that is way over 300 birds & how they are spreading, they ARE taking over 💪🏻
James Wallbank@dataknotsdesks.bsky.social · 3mo agoGood news, but I don't think 161 birds is a "takeover"!
Well done to our brilliant and resilient Cornish choughs - taking over Cornwall! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
RSPB reports record-breaking Cornish chough numbers
RSPB England says 161 Choughs have been counted - 32 more than the 129 recorded last year.
bbc.co.uk
How do I explain to small business owners that the menu on the left is one billion times more appealing than the one on the right
I can’t seem to find any honest & useful suggestions via browsers so looking for help here. I could do with help finding brilliant places to stay with far reaching sea/ocean views in Scotland? Thanks so much
@stephmurphy.bsky.social brilliant that you have a pair Steph. I did a habitat assessment for chough there a few years back.
being a billionaire and on the internet all day is crazy to me. if i had even five million dollars, you would not find me online whatsoever.
The government today have started a consultation process on fireworks & pyrotechnics. I have seen first hand the damage that fireworks can do to wildlife & it’s heartbreaking. I see what it does to my cat & how both of these in turn then affect my mental & physical health. 🧵
This is absolutely shameful given all the money in English football. There's no way the English game can't spare fifty grand for the amputee team. www.theguardian.com/football/202...
England cannot afford trip to amputee World Cup – and the FA will not help
With no national funding, England’s successful men’s amputee side is struggling to raise the £50,000 needed for November’s tournament in Mexico
theguardian.com