Thank you Paul Thomas

Sales of the original signed cartoon portrait of Chris Packham (above) and the three signed prints (below) have raised £262 (after postage costs and eBay fees) which means that half that amount is heading towards BAWC and the other half is for the artist, Paul Thomas. Thank you to Paul for this generous gesture.

Wild food (11) – The Benefits by Ian Carter

The comment below was made following a previous post in this series: ‘……. with 7.6 billion humans on the planet, ‘wild food’ is either unsustainable, or a tiny niche irrelevant to almost everyone.’ It got me thinking and although it’s hard to disagree with the overall sentiment, I do take issue with the last part….

Sustainable dilemmas (2) – plastic from clothes

You see that fleece above? It’s got plastic in it, and when it is washed, plastic ends up in rivers and then the sea.  I have two fleeces and I wear them a lot – they are warm, they are easy and they are good to wear with binoculars. They are also quite old and…