Brian writes: I started birding in the 1960s watching pink-footed geese on the Lancashire mosses. Today I watch Brent Geese on the Kent coast, in between I have been lucky to enjoy birds in many places. “I would teach them to shoot and handle a gun,”Bob answered. We were three baby boomers sitting round…
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Ho! ho! ho! HOT wishes you a meddling merry Christmas!
It’s so lovely that the Hawk and Owl Trust trustees have sent us all a Christmas message. And I see that the HOT have gained one Henry Robinson as a trustee. Could this be (I think it could) the past president of the Country Landowners Association? It’s a small world isn’t it? Remember the last…
Working hard over the Christmas break
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I’ll be working hard over the Christmas break – well, I’ll be luxuriating in looking at some of the best bird photographs ever! I’m the least knowledgeable judge on the panel of the Bird Photographer of the Year 2017 competition. Having peeked at some of the entries it’s going to be great fun and very…
Guest blog – What if a Swift were a bat or a newt? by Dick Newell
Lifetime bird watcher and over 60 years an RSPB member, Dick Newell, retired from the software industry, now devotes time to devising ways to help Swifts, which led recently to the BTO giving a Marsh Award for Innovative Ornithology to Action for Swifts. actionforswifts.blogspot.com documents a large number of case studies, designs and ideas …
Defra is for…?
Defra is responsible for our wildlife but if you try to get some information from the Defra media team about wildlife it certainly looks as though the subject has dropped off the agenda. Wildlife is the last mentioned in a section on water, environment and wildlife and doesn’t get a mention in the following…