Islay in a nutshell

Our new study is now published in Bird Study on the effects of avian influenza on the Greenland Barnacle Geese Find a summary on our website ecologyconsult.co.uk/projects/barna… Or read the full paper at tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Jeez… this is some Orwellian doublespeak if ever I saw some Almost everything green is now co-opted and abused for dodgy ends It is so depressing Nature restoration funding is now for speeding building of roads, houses and airports?

I wrote this about offset BS And how politicians are backing away from environmental responsibilities - on the left and right of the spectrum (Strange photo and headline maybe, but I don’t choose those) unherd.com/2025/02/labour…

Shame on you Keir Starmer The choice wasn’t between funding the NHS and a tax break - a staggeringly ill-judged explanation You just killed the last vestiges of any social contract with British farmers Well done to the farmers who blocked him in today - escalate it

The baiting consultant has been out making sure things are in top shape for barnacle goose catching over the coming days

Wee one's first goose catch

It's #WorldWildlifeDay and to celebrate I've put together a little introductory film for my brand new YouTube Channel. I would love it if you checked it out and hit those like and subscribe buttons. 🐋 youtu.be/Y--frN3pJHI?si…

Much rarer than white rhinos and in the midst of (another) dramatic population decline and yet very few people are talking about this and even less conservation action happening. Well done David Dinsley for a cracking shot and for giving this amazing bird a bit of limelight

To grow food, we need nature. The UK Government must increase investment in nature friendly farming. #NatureCantWait Sign and share the petition. action.rspb.org.uk/page/156168/pe…

Greenland White-fronts leaving Islay on a NW flightline over my house this morning. This is the only time that they fly over in this direction in any numbers. Volume up.

What every livestock farmer should hope to see when turning over a cowpat! Massive Geotrupes dung beetle burrow. Nutrient cycling dreamland.

Day 5 for this brood of four lapwing chicks.. still going strong! #waderweek

Sparrows have decided we can't use the squeeze on the cattle crush this nesting season!

Farmers are totally perplexed 1950-1990 cheap food 1990-2010 oh shit that crashes nature 2016 green BREXIT 2020-23 public goods for public £ 2024 not quite enough £ 2025 we’ve lost interest - can you do cheap food and nature with no funding? This wasn’t on anyone’s bingo card

70% of UK land is farmed. If we want nature to recover, this is where it happens. Farmers like James Rebanks are already doing it – farming with wildlife, not against it. But without proper funding, we risk losing it all. Rachel Reeves: increase funding, grow our future.