The failure of the Arcadia group has been no innocent rural idyll. Sir Philip Green is a great poster boy for both capitalism and the Honours System having received his knighthood in 2006 for services to the retail industry. It’s a pity that these things don’t have to be renewed every few years (and it’s…
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Sunday book review – Mammals of Ethiopia by Trevor Jenner
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Reviewed by Tim Melling Ethiopia has a remarkably rich mammal fauna including a number of iconic endemics like Ethiopian Wolf, Mountain Nyala, Bale Monkey and Gelada. This new guide is exactly what visitors to this region need to find and identify the mammals of this region. It is attractively laid out and brimming with useful…
Tim Melling – Brown Hare leveret
Tim writes: I spotted this young leveret crouching low in the grass near Holmfirth in late July. It was in a field next to a road, and I stayed on the road with the 420mm lens so as not to disturb it. Brown Hares give birth to about three litters each year, producing one to…
Saturday cartoon by Ralph Underhill
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A recycled cartoon, but some things remain true – see here.
BTO Conference tomorrow
Tomorrow is the BTO Conference – and of course it is an online event so no driving up to Swanwick in the rain, no afternoon of easily spotting the difference between members and staff (by the 30-year gap between their average ages) and no slipping away from the conference to find a local bookmakers to…
Important report
I knew this report was coming, and I’ve only glanced at it so far, but it deserves a good read – which I will do over the next few days.
Garden list for 4 weeks of Lockdown2 (unimpressive)
The view from the bathroom window of the ivy on the shed is always worth a look. At this time of year the sinking sun (coming from the right in the image above) catches the top of the ivy in late afternoon and a group of House Sparrows sit in the ivy catching the last…
Where is the England Peatland Strategy?
Just asking..
Guest blog – Natural Remedies – Gender and Pathography in Nature Writing by Jennifer Thompson
Jennifer Thompson is an ecologist and writer based in Devon. Her work has featured in print and online, including Nature Makes Us Better and Oh Magazine. If not writing, you’ll find her by the sea with her head in a book. She has just completed an MA in Travel and Nature Writing at Bath Spa, and…
Press release – The Woodmeadow Trust
Soaring invertebrate life at Yorkshire biodiversity hotspot bucks global trends Woodmeadows could help reverse UK’s decline in wildlife More than 1,000 invertebrate species – including over 30 with a high nature conservation status – have been identified at a pioneering 25-acre nature recovery project created by the Woodmeadow Trust near York, on a site which…