I’m very grateful to all the Guest Bloggers who have graced these pages in 2014.
I am always open to the idea of publishing Guest Blogs so please do get in touch if you think you have something interesting to share here.
This is a list of all the Guest Blogs (I think, except the one by Emma Websdale yesterday) and they are ordered by their total number of ‘likes’ and ‘dislikes’ – which just felt like a fairly handy way to do it.
If I had to pick couple or more that I liked very much then I would choose the top one because it is of some political significance (this blog would welcome blogs from other political parties), Colin Rees’s ‘What life is this?‘ because it is different and offers a different perspective, and probably, no, certainly, my favourite of all is that of ‘filbert cobb’ (a regular commenter on this blog) whose Guest Blog, ‘The Sunken Garden‘ was not only very different but also very lovely.
There is nothing Green about these Country ‘Sports’ by Caroline Allen of the Green Party 147
Wishing you a Harry Christmas by Findlay Wilde 144
Silence of the guns by Rob Yorke 141
Tactics of the raptor haters by Peter Cosgrove 138
The Hen Harrier Affair by Tim Birch 128
Of nests and nets by Dave Leech (BTO) 120
Birders Against Wildlife Crime by Charlie Moores 111
The Sunken Garden by ‘filbert cobb’ 88
No difference? by Jeremy Greenwood 83
Real life bugs, or a living planet..? A response by Max Barclay 80
What Martha Means to Me by Emma Websdale 75
Monitoring by Prof Tim Birkhead FRS 73
A very RSPB protest by Danny Heptinstall 65
Crunch time for Britain’s bees by Joan Walley MP 63
A is for acorn, or analogue? by Laurence Rose 62
A reply on Hen Harriers and grouse shooting from the Chair of RSPB Council by Prof Steve Ormerod 57
Fifty shades of Grayling by Carol Day 56
Rewilding revisited – by Simon Phelps 54
What life is this? by Colin Rees 53
Let’s not let our wildlife-rich grasslands fade away by Colin Raven 50
How environmentally friendly is your cup of coffee? by Derek Thomas 48
The Sanctuary LNR, Derby by Richard Winspear on behalf of Derbyshire Ornithological Society 47
Terry’s future 2 by Roderick Leslie 47
Top ten tips for getting a job in conservation by Nick Askew 43
Pop songs and pigeons by Karla Kane of The Corner Laughers 43
Conservation bursaries by Oliver Simms 43
A Poem for Swifts by Steve Halton 41
No country for birds? by Peter Rafferty 37
Hookpods by David Agombar 36
Real life bugs or a living planet? by Pip Howard 36
The UK’s youth conservation movement is happening, and we’re already beginning to howl by Peter Cooper 34
1000 miles in memory of Martha by Tristan Reid 33
It’s a marathon not a sprint by Alastair Driver 30
Adders and Buzzards by Nicholas Milton 29
Petition to oppose the planned expansion of Sandy Beaches Caravan Site by Robert Adams 29
It’s bee-hind you! by Teresa Verney-Brookes 27
Where is the UK’s Youth Nature Conservation Movement? by Danny Heptinstall 29
1000 miles for Martha by Tristan Reid 16
Kids and Outdoor Play – Getting back to Nature – by Sarah Tramm 14
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I’m not volunteering to write a blog but I would like to hear about the wider impact that grouse-shooting has on the environment such as described in Country Diary in yesterday’s Guardian: http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/dec/30/country-diary-after-deluge.
I also really liked the Hookpods one and it was great that they got their Kickstarter money.