We are fast approaching the anniversary of the submission of the Lead Ammunition Group’s report to ministers. We have seen no visible sign of activity from the minister with responsibility for this issue – Rory Stewart. He appears to have dozed off. The recently published LAG minutes from a teleconference held in late April are…
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Bank Holiday Monday book review – The Keartons by John Bevis
I haven’t taken a photograph of a bird for c35 years so nature photography isn’t my passion. This may be because my father was a keen, amateur landscape photographer and sons tend either fully to absorb or shun their father’s interests. But I do remember, perhaps before reaching teenage years, going with Dad to an…
Oscar Dewhurst – Marsh Tit
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Oscar writes: This is a bird I’ve never photographed before, so on my last morning in Suffolk I spent a few hours just wandering through the woodland trying to find them. It took a while, and trying to manoeuvre 800mm of lens onto something so small took some doing, but by the time I drove…
Sunday book review – The Fight for Beauty by Fiona Reynolds
I opened this book with some trepidation because I wanted to like it and wasn’t sure that I would: I needn’t have worried. This book gives a thorough and somewhat engaging account of the protection of landscape beauty in the UK and is written by someone who has played a major and positive part in…