On Saturday afternoon – one of the first warm days of the spring – I headed into London to watch a film in the Barbican. The Messenger is about the threats faced by songbirds – not just in the US and Canada but also in Europe and elsewhere. It’s a good…
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Hen Harrier Day – coming to Rainham Marshes
I visited Rainham Marshes RSPB nature reserve recently for a chat about the Hen Harrier Day event which will take place there on SATURDAY 6 August starting at 11am. For new readers, Hen Harrier Day is a celebration of this marvellous bird to highlight the fact that its numbers are severely reduced by criminal activity…
M&S
Marks and Sparks – are you going to attempt to sell Red Grouse stuffed full of lead in your stores this year? Have you read this? Have you seen these blogs (here, here, here, here) about lead levels in Red Grouse sold to the public in Iceland stores last year? With the departure of Marc…
Oscar Dewhurst – Black-tailed Godwit
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Oscar writes: This was taken on a very overcast day last month in Suffolk. I was watching this Black-tailed Godwit pulling worms out of the ground but it was in a very cluttered bit of the water so I couldn’t photograph it. Luckily for me it soon came out and started feeding in the open….
London
And now we have a Labour London Mayor but Zac’s constituents have put him (at #1) way ahead of Sadiq (#41) in this list. Across the UK, the average number of signatures on our e-petition to ban driven grouse shooting is 54 – only nine (of 73) London constituencies are above average. We know that…