Who’s your favourite Wildlife presenter? My personal favourite has always been David Attenborough who inspired me at a young age to connect with nature. Through his programmes and many other wildlife documentaries I felt inspired to watch real wildlife and undertake some nature surveying of my own, and whilst it was only my back garden [...]

Houses, flats, shopping centres and commercial properties are being built everywhere these days. You would think that nowhere was safe from development! Think again! Organisations such as the Wildlife Trusts are reviewing planning thousands and thousands of planning applications in order to try and protect greenbelt and even brown field sites from being unnecessarily or [...]

It’s officially spring for those of us who live in the northern hemisphere, which means that this weekend it is also the time of the year in which many people all over the world will be celebrating the Christian tradition of Easter. However STOP! Before you all gorge on chocolate Easter eggs (vegan, fair-trade & organic [...]

Did you know that 2008 is the 100th anniversary of that wonderful children’s book, ‘Wind in the Willows’? For those of you who recollect the classic story you will remember characters such as Mr. Toad of Toad Hall, Mr. Badger, Mole and also ‘Ratty’ who was actually a European Water Vole. In addition to 2008 [...]

Firstly,  some GGG readers may have noticed that I have not been blogging for awhile and this is due to a building company cutting though my broadband internet and phone wires – thus whilst I am waiting for this problem to be sorted I have struggled to be online much. However I have stayed late [...]

Today’s children are tomorrows decision makers yet if you believe the media then the future is bleak as young peoples literacy levels are low and behavior problems and violence is on the increase. However let’s resist that negative view of the future and instead of reporting about the bad young people, let’s reward and encourage [...]

Edinburgh MP Mark Lazarowicz has introduced a new Bill titled The Environmental Protection (Transfers at Sea) Bill, which if introduced would improve the regulation of ship-to-ship transfers of oil and other hazardous cargos throughout UK seas, thus helping to protect the UK’s marine habitats and wildlife from potential oil spills. Why is the Bill needed? Ship-to-ship (STS) transfer is [...]

“We all love to be beside the seaside” and that’s actually official!  The Wildlife Trust conducted a survey in which 1,200 UK citizens took part and over one third of them chose a day at the seaside as their favourite leisure activity. With this in mind, I’m sure that all of you who love to [...]

What name do you give a whale? Mister Splashy Pants of course! For those who are wondering what I am talking about, cast your minds back to my post titled A whale by any other name…in October, when I reported that Greenpeace had launched a competition to name a whale. Apparently over 11,000 submissions were entered, [...]

Made famous by tales of Robin Hood the Sherwood area of Nottinghamshire is known all around the world. Unfortunately though due to industrialisation and other factors this historic landscape is no longer the majestic place it used to be. However don’t despair as this could be about to change!  A project titled ‘Sherwood: The Living Legend’ [...]