Tim writes: this was the first time I had managed a decent shot of a Curlew Sandpiper. I took it at Adwick washlands near Barnsley early morning in September. The sun was shining without a breath of wind and this Curlew Sandpiper was close. The water surface was rippleless creating perfect mirrored reflections. I managed…
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Saturday cartoon by Ralph Underhill
Back in the garden
Our live Christmas tree is back in the garden again. One wonders what it will see over the next 11 months or so. The male Blackcap is currently a frequent daily visitor to fat balls. Will he still be around, will he turn up, for Big Garden Birdwatch on 29-31 January?
87 Beavers memorial calendar
Thank you to the friend who sent me this calendar – it’s very attractive and proceeds go to support the Scottish Beaver Group.
May I badger you for your signature please?
Ok, let’s get this petition over the 100,000 signature barrier please.
This one is more like a tortoise than a hare
Quite slow progress, but the 10,000 signatures is approaching.
High speed petition going like a train
If you wonder what the route of HS2 is, then this map of where the signatures come from might help.
This doesn’t look good.
I guess the only question really is whether the Prime Minister is lying to business leaders, or to the EU, or to the British public but the likely answer is that he is lying to everyone.
Quite a surprise…
This popped up yesterday – completely out of the blue! If you’d like toencourage your MP to attend this debate and make some points on your behalf, then sign up to the Wild Justice free newsletter to get advice and updates https://wildjustice.org.uk/contact/
You probably read it here first…
The blog that appeared here on 27 December, ‘Brexit deal: ten words that spell environmental damage‘ pointed out that the non-regression (otherwise known as non-backsliding on environmental protection) clause in our cooperation deal with the EU was very carefully worded, apparently to circumscribe the extent of that non-regression. On the same day (but I think,…