Yesterday I was doing my tax return – no large numbers were involved. I had set aside two days to get it done so I felt pleased with my progress – but it meant that I didn’t think about blogging subjects very much.
A few things that have caught my eye recently:
- a Scottish landowner has put up signs on his land attacking the RSPB – I do approve of people getting politically active, don’t you?
- David Cameron says he won’t debate with small parties like the LibDems unless the Greens are included too – a nicely judged insult! This was an ‘I don’t agree with Nick moment’ – there will be more.
- Please, nobody shoot ‘our’ cartoonist, Ralph Underhill.
- the Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust is recruiting a Chief Executive.
- I enjoyed talking to my local county birders at the Northants Bird Club on Wednesday evening. They were a very friendly crowd and bought lots of my books!
- I’ll be talking to the Reading RSPB Group next Tuesday evening.
- Bring back the smell of aftershave to the Scottish countryside they cried – how would you like to know that there were Lynxes padding around the forests of Scotland?
- the Wood Pigeons feeding on the ivy berries look very, very beautiful – but you do have to look at them to see the beauty. Thinking ‘It’s just a pigeon’ won’t quite do it.
- Lead is a poison – get used to the idea. I wonder where the Lead Ammunition Group’s report is…?
See you at Reading on Tuesday, Mark.
Alan – I wondered whether I would, I look forward to it.
Not shooting cartoonists is right up my street. How about people not shooting wildlife if they choose not to? And how about changing laws when they require wildlife to be shot for an absolutely bonkers reason?
Break the Hunting Act – refuse to kill wildlife even when not killing it is a wildlife crime – don’t let the extremists win – stand up for nature.
I’m loving those cartoons, the last one made me chuckle out loud. Excellent blog as always Mark
Hayden – welcome! And many thanks.
I enjoy watching Wood Pigeons too (even though they are a nuisance at the bird feeders and in the vegetable garden). Iridescent plumage and a plump, bobbing gait – beautiful. Only today I was admiring one as it flew, fast, overhead. They also seem to have a cunning way of looking like some other bird species too!