Tag: Minox

Minox challenge binoculars sell at £622!

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  Following my review of them, seven Chief Executives writing Guest Blogs (Mike Clarke (rspb), Stephanie Hilborne (Wildlife Trusts), Martin Warren (Butterfly Conservation), Matt Shardlow (Buglife), Joanna Bromley (Plantlife), Andrew McLeish (MARINElife)), readers of this blog voting on the Guest Blog they favoured most – a pair of Minox 10x43HD binoculars were auctioned on eBay…

The Minox challenge results

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In the end it was close, but the winner was: the rspb. The total 1352 votes cast were as follows: rspb   311 The Wildlife Trusts   274 Buglife   264 Butterfly Conservation   231 BTO   128 Plantlife   75 MARINElife  69   Well done to the rspb – but well done to all.  I hope that being able to…

The Minox Challenge – you decide

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Seven organisations took up the Minox challenge on this blog; they each wrote a Guest Blog on why they should get your support.  All made their cases strongly and clearly. Here are the links to the individual blogs:   Joanna Bromley/Plantlife Mike Clarke/rspb Andy Clements/BTO Stephanie Hilborne/The Wildlife Trusts Andrew McLeish/MARINElife Matt Shardlow/Buglife Martin Warren/Butterfly…

Minox Challenge – Buglife by Matt Shardlow

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Make Buglife part of Yourlife Assumption – you think wildlife is worth conserving.  If not, don’t carry on reading this blog.  If you think that bumblebees, grasshoppers, beetles, snails or other little animals are amazing and fantastic, or if you understand that they are essential to ecosystems and us (e.g. pollination = £510 million worth…