Is M&S really going to sell Red Grouse meat in its stores this year? Does M&S really have an industry-leading Code of Practice? And if they do why won’t they share it with their customers who have asked? Doesn’t sound as though they are very proud of it? Will M&S name the estate(s) from which…
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Hen Harriers in the Yorkshire Dales National Park (not)
Wouldn’t you love to be able to see a food pass by a pair of Hen Harriers in a National Park near you? The Yorkshire Dales National Park has much excellent habitat for Hen Harriers – it ought, with the adjacent Nidderdale AONB, to have at least a dozen nesting pairs. Since 2000, there should,…
Oscar Dewhurst – another Little Egret
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Oscar writes: Replace this egret with a Bittern and that is the photo I was aiming for during my week in Suffolk. Unfortunately it wasn’t to be, but this egret is much better than having a photo of just some reeds! It’s the same egret as a few weeks ago, and April last year, shown…
Sunday book review – Summer edited by Melissa Harrison
It must be summer because I am picking elderflowers from which to make champagne. Spring is over, and if you are a birder then you are now in the position of suspecting that any passage wader on your local patch is already heading south after a nest failure (it’s really already autumn!). This anthology is…
Tabloid Twitcher gets award
Express journalist, author and birder Stuart Winter has been recognised by the RSPCA for his work in highlighting animal cruelty. Stuart is a good bloke and knows his birds. His books Tales of a Tabloid Twitcher and The Birdman Abroad are accurate about birding and will make you laugh.