CJS News, Headlines from week beginning 31 August 2020

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

War on plastic waste stepped up with extension of plastic bag charge - defra

UK supermarkets could cut throwaway plastic by 50% 2025 by reducing plastic across 54 grocery categories - Greenpeace

Public encouraged to report sightings of Scotland’s beavers - Scottish Wildlife Trust

International declaration agreed - The Scottish Government

Record numbers and new site discovered for rare beetle - Beuglife

Scientists match unusual tadpoles to threatened horned frogs - Zoological Society of London (ZSL)

Common species mirror rare animals’ response to global change - University of Edinburgh

Rural role in green recovery - Scottish Government

LGA and UCL launch Net Zero Innovation Programme - Local Government Association

Government policy will see deer calves starve - Scottish Gamekeepers Association

A record-breaking year for hen harrier breeding - Defra and Natural England

Drastic planning reforms could destroy nature’s future - RSPB

Critically endangered wildcat kittens born at Highland Wildlife Park - Royal Zoological Society of Scotland

Natural regeneration key to doubling woodlands and saving Britain’s crippled forests - Rewilding Britain

Scientific Publications

Bolton, M. GPS tracking reveals highly consistent use of restricted foraging areas by European Storm-petrels Hydrobates pelagicus breeding at the largest UK colony: Implications for conservation management. Bird Conservation International, 1-18. doi:10.1017/S0959270920000374

NatureScot Research Report 1205 - Badger impacts on biodiversity and agriculture in Scotland - a literature review

This literature review details the work that has been published about badger predation and feeding activity in Scotland.

It reveals that there has been relatively little research in Scotland to identify how badger predation and feeding activity are impacting wildlife and agriculture in Scotland or how their impacts relate to changes in badger abundance/distribution.

Download the report (PDF)

Defra Research and analysis Hen harriers: tracking programme update

Data collected since 2002 on hen harrier dispersal behaviour.

Read the Hen harrier tag update September 2020  (Open Document format)

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