St Martha is the patron saint of cooks – and this is her day. Page 148 of A Message from Martha will give you details of stewing, baking, frying and broiling of Passenger Pigeons – but first, catch your Passenger Pigeon, which might be a tad difficult today. Yesterday I saw the proofs of my…
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Guest Blog – Pop songs and pigeons by Karla Kane of The Corner Laughers
The Passenger Pigeon went extinct in 1914, the same year the Great War began. To commemorate the centenary of those two events, my band, The Corner Laughers, has released an ode to the last Passenger Pigeon, Martha, in the style of a First World War-era song (but with synthesizers, for no good reason, really). …
Hen Harrier Day update
Not a great deal of news this week. We are ‘good to go’ for the event at Fairholmes Visitor Centre at 10am on 10 August. This event is FULL – the car park is likely to be full to overflowing and there is no chance of extra capacity. If you can come by bus, or…
Bee-eaters on IoW
The National Trust has announced that there is a pair of Bee-eaters (the only bird with three consecutive ‘e’s in its name? Probably not, though I can’t think of another) nesting on the Isle of Wight. As someone who spent six summers studying bee-eaters in the Camargue, I must say I am delighted. The birds…
Letter to my MP – please ask Ed to join the Hen Harrier thunderclap
To Andy Sawford MP Dear Andy I haven’t written to your for a while. I thought you deserved a bit of a rest from me and I know you weren’t too pleased that I voted Green in the euro-elections so I’ve been keeping my head down. However, as I’ve always said, you can rely…