I was pleased to see this in the Scottish Green Party newsletter, referring to shooting estates which are, apparently, ‘ecological slums’. But it was also very good to see Coignafearn, Glen Tanar and Glen Feshie singled out as examples of much better practice. Apparently there will be a motion put to the party conference in…
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Sunny Sunday
Sunday was a lovely day. I did some work in the morning and then listened to Desert Island Discs as I set off to go blackberrying. The blackberries were sweet and easy to pick. A Speckled Wood accompanied me along the hedgerow for a while – we both enjoyed the sunshine. A party of Long-tailed…
Guest Blog – The Asia vulture crisis, an update by Chris Bowden of RSPB
Chris Bowden is RSPB’s Globally Threatened Species Officer, and Programme Manager of the consortium of ‘SAVE’ partners – Saving Asia’s Vultures from Extinction. Chris has worked for RSPB on various threatened species, (after his Woodlark and Nightjar research days on Thetford Forest), notably the Northern Bald Ibis based in Morocco (for which he still…
Back to the jitty
I revisited the aforementioned jitty (snicket, ten-foot, twitchel, ginnel, loanen or loaney (see comments on previous blog)) on another sunny day. The ivy flowers were buzzing with insects but this time, instead of nipping past (to catch the post) with my mouth closed and my eyes narrowed to avoid swallowing any insects, I stopped to…
Why hate vegans?
I had a lovely Sunday – I’ll tell you about it some time – but I was a bit irritated at around 0950 on Radio 4. I don’t think I could be a vegetarian, although I do go meat-free for four days each week, and have done for about seven years now, and I certainly…