Oscar Dewhurst – Pronghorn

Oscar writes: As we approached the end of our time in America, one animal I hadn’t managed to get any photos of was the Pronghorn. The second fastest land animal on the planet, it can run up to 54 miles per hour and despite closely resembling antelopes, isn’t actually in their family. On one of…

Where do you stand with 12 days to go?

If you had a guess at how many signatures our e-petition to ban driven grouse shooting will achieve before it closes on 21 January then your name should be on this list. If your name is in red, then I’m afraid events have already passed you by – but thank you for being a sport…

Sunday book review – Shetland by Ann Cleeves

Ann Cleeves is probably known to most people for her crime novels, the Vera and Shetland series. Back in the fairly distant past, Ann was the assistant cook at the Fair Isle Bird Observatory despite, she says, not being interested in birds and not being that great a cook.  It was there that she met…

Another 1000 signatures and 13 days left

That was quick! The latest 1000 signatures on our e-petition to ban driven grouse shooting arrived in just five days. We have now passed 28,000 signatures. Thank you to everyone who has signed, shared and helped in various ways. If you are active on Facebook then please ask your friends to like this page but…

Saturday cartoon by Ralph Underhill

Mark writes: relevant to New Year resolutions #1 and #9   Don’t forget that #10 was to sign the e-petition to ban driven grouse shooting.