Did you see Chris Packham’s programme on Asperger’s last night? Wow! I spoke to Chris yesterday on the phone – for the first time for a couple of months – and I might see him briefly this evening. I hope the Countryside Alliance, Simon Hart MP, Nicholas Soames MP and others watched the programme too….
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Tim Melling – roding Woodcock
Tim writes: Living all my life in the north I see lots of roding Woodcocks but this is the only half decent photograph I have ever managed to take. After sunset males start to become active and perform spectacular display flights known as roding. This special flight has slow motion flickering wing beats accompanied by…
Sunday book review – Fingers in the Sparkle Jar by Chris Packham
If you are expecting a book of rather sweet wildlife tales from your favourite TV personality then this book may not be for you. This is a brave and powerful book. It’s brave because it is a self-portrait of a rather weird kid – not good with people and not a bundle of laughs, it…
See you at Rainham Marshes on 6 August
RSPB will be hosting a Hen Harrier Day event at their Rainham Marshes nature reserve on Saturday 6 August (time TBC) organised by Birders Against Wildlife Crime and Mark Avery. Chris Packham will be speaking. Check back on the BAWC Hen Harrier Day website for more details from mid-May and on social media #HHDay2016. The…
Chris Packham talking naturally to Charlie Moores
You’ll enjoy listening to this podcast recorded on Monday when a small gang of us visited Chris Packham in the New Forest. Chris talks to Charlie Moores about Hen Harriers and Hen Harrier Day, Cecil the Lion, hatred and deep loathing, the state of wildlife NGOs, the BTO, looking at butterflies and what the future…