Quite surprising really

That was fun – and surprisingly rich in birds. Final tally: Reed Bunting 2 Blackbird 3 Chaffinch 3 Great Tit 1 House Sparrow 7 Greenfinch 10 Starling 10 Woodpigeon 1 Dunnock 2 Goldfinch 3 Blue Tit 2 Robin 1 Collared Dove 2 I’ve just checked last year’s results – amazingly similar! Last year the species…

Remember to…

Remember to do your Big Garden BirdWatch today if you didn’t do it yesterday. I hope to do mine this morning although rain is forecast so it may be postponed until the afternoon. I’ll keep you posted.

Lead Week, 21 #Pbweekmia

This is Lead Week on this blog. It’s pretty awful that Defra has not come to any decision on lead ammunition which is a source of poison in our foods and our environment, but it is scandalous that it has not made the report of the Lead Ammunition Group public after receiving it almost eight…

Lead Week, 20 #Pbweekmia

This is Lead Week on this blog. Three quarters of the grouse meat samples from Iceland Foods which I had tested would have been illegal if they had been found in other meat (though they were legal in game meat). A third of the samples had ten times the levels that would be legal in…