CJS News, Headlines from week beginning 11 May 2020

A round up of the top countryside, conservation, wildlife and forestry stories as chosen by the CJS Team.

Boris Johnson ‘should prioritise a green recovery’ - Freshwater Habitats Trust

£2 billion package to create new era for cycling and walking - Department for Transport

Our response to the £2 billion package to boost walking and cycling - Sustrans

RSPB launches new swift mapper app and calls on public to help save one of the fastest birds in our skies - RSPB

Upland sheep grazing impacts biodiversity and will take decades to recover - University of Liverpool

Watch Grant the otter being released from Hillswick Wildlife Sanctuary - Something to make you smile this Tuesday

Majority of natural features in good condition - Scottish Natural Heritage

‘Pingers’ could save porpoises from fishing nets - University of Exeter

Go peat free for wildlife - Sheffield and Rotherham Wildlife Trust

Government to consider Nature Volunteer Force to tackle invasive species following Spending Review - Environmental Audit Committee

Reaction: Welcome Government commitments towards closing our doors on nature invaders - Wildlife and Countryside Link

Moths have a secret but vital role as pollinators in the night - University College London

ZSL Whipsnade Zoo celebrates birth of fourteen extinct-in-the-wild deer - ZSL

High Court rules against the NFU over Derbyshire badger cull refusal – Derbyshire Wildlife Trust reaction - Derbyshire Wildlife Trust

Success for Scottish seas: Scottish Parliament votes through Deposit Return Scheme - Marine Conservation Society

Bird of prey persecution crimewave during lockdown - RSPB

North Yorkshire Police leads online day of action to raise awareness of raptor persecution - North Yorkshire Police

Campaigns update: crimes against woods and trees during lockdown - Woodland Trust

Beavers Build Back Better – but their future is not secure - The Wildlife Trusts

National Bat Monitoring Programme Annual Report 2019 - Bat Conservation Trust

Population trends for UK bat species - JNCC Official Statistics

Bovine TB: badger vaccination and culling in England’s Edge Areas - Defra Open consultation

Entangled Seal at Ravenscar - British Divers Marine Life Rescue

Scientific Publications

Seward, A. et al (2020) Effect of GPS tagging on behaviour and marine distribution of breeding Arctic Terns Sterna paradisaea. IBIS DOI: 10.1111/ibi.12849

Z. Malvat, S. A. Lynch, A. Bennison and M. Jessopp Evidence of links between haematological condition and foraging behaviour in northern gannets (Morus bassanus). R. Soc. open sci.192164

 

Fischer, LK, Neuenkamp, L, Lampinen, J et al. Public attitudes toward biodiversity‐friendly greenspace management in Europe. Conservation Letters. 2020;e12718. https://doi.org/10.1111/conl.12718

 

Cooney, C.R., Sheard, C., Clark, A.D. et al. Ecology and allometry predict the evolution of avian developmental durations. Nat Commun 11, 2383 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16257-x

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