Standing up for Nature
Reviewed by Ian Carter I tried very hard to like this book and, in the end, despite the rather relentless ‘chatty’ style of writing, I think I just about got there. It’s certainly a hard book to categorise. In part, it’s a history of recently extinct birds in the USA and the individuals…
Guy writes: Nature’s Clean-up Crew Vultures sometimes get a bad press, but these majestic birds are essential in cleaning up our landscape. A biological recycling team, vultures play a vital role in clearing away carcasses and preventing the spread of diseases like anthrax, rabies, tuberculosis and botulism. However, worldwide, vultures are considered one of…
In this occasional series of links to other interesting blog posts, here are some more blogs that have caught my eye: Alan Stewart, Wildlife Detective: Does shooting benefit rural areas? Dara McAnulty, Young Fermanagh Naturalist: Birdfair with Birders Against Wildlife Crime Ruth Tingay, Raptor Persecution UK: A shedload of Golden Eagles tagged in new RPUK/Chris…
For me, this book is almost a perfect 10 – let’s give it a 9.6. I was handed this book by its author at the Bird Fair at the weekend and, after saying thank you, said I’d put it on the pile of books to review. But having unwrapped it from its cellophane I dipped…
Tim writes: Most people think of Nightjar as a bird of lowland heaths but this one was high in the Pennines at well over 1000 feet above sea level in Yorkshire. The second half of May is my usual time for Nightjars but ill-health meant I wasn’t fit enough this year. So I went…