This is a brilliant book – it goes straight into my shortlist of Books of the Year for this blog. Any book that starts with the author eating snake and quaffing beer in Madagascar is a bit special. The author states that he is obsessed by Swifts, but actually, if he is, he hides it…
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Sunday book review – Swifts and Us by Sarah Gibson
This is a good book about Swifts – and those birds are flying about outside as I write this review. But then, they are always flying about somewhere, as the title of the book, and the contents of the book, make clear. This is a bird which is on the wing most of its life,…
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July Birdwatch
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Another month, another great copy of Birdwatch magazine. That Little Tern has very red legs, doesn’t it? Great regular columns by Dominic Mitchell and Lucy Mcrobert and a round-up of all the rare birds in the UK and across Europe than none f us saw. Oh well, maybe next year… My column is about the…
RSPB comment on DEFRA announcement on protected areas
Emma Marsh, Director, England, RSPB, says: The Westminster Government has issued an underwhelming statement on the future of England’s National Parks and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONBs). More warm words and not enough of the action needed. There is huge public demand for these places to be at the heart of the fight against…