Standing up for Nature
I complained to Defra about the fact that they took over 5 months to reply to an enquiry from my MP- see here. I received this reply this week: Dear Dr Avery, Thank you for your email of 25 January, regarding your complaint about the time taken to respond to your MP, Tom Pursglove, who…
I wrote to Defra (see following blog) and my MP (see here) about the fact that Defra took over 5 months to respond to an enquiry from my MP on my behalf. I received this response: Dear Mark,Thank you for your email.I was sorry to hear that you were dissatisfied with the length of response…
This is the sequel to the excellent Calls from the Wild (reviewed here). PC Bob McKay gets to tackle more wildlife crimes such as Fox hunting and deer poaching. Grouse moors, and their shady managers, play large parts in this volume along with bothered Beavers, baited Badgers and disturbed dolphins. Alan Stewart writes very well…
An identification guide is a functional thing – it exists so that the reader (or looker) can put a name, they hope the right name, to some creature. These are not the books that one picks up to read, or re-read over the years. They are the books one takes out into the field and…
Dear Mr Pursglove, Happy New Year! Thank you for the letter, dated 20 January from Defra which you passed on to me and I received yesterday. I am grateful to you for your efforts on my behalf. However, the letter was in response to your letter on 18 August when you forwarded my letter to…