The Hen Harrier came a glorious ninth in the poll for our national bird – left fluttering in the wake of the Robin and a host of other species, but edging ahead of the Puffin (which must be gutted!). It’s enough to set us all off on a sky-dance! It was remarkable that the Hen…
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Robin breasts the tape first
Congratulations to the Robin! The winner of the vote for the national bird (whatever that means!). And congratulations to David Lindo for organising such a fun poll – and look out for a review of his new book here on Sunday. What does it mean that the Robin is our national bird? Well, first of…
Coming up soon on Springwatch unsprung
…the results of the vote for a national bird – on BBC2 at 9pm. Will Henry the Hen Harrier win? I would somehow doubt it! Getting into the final ten is quite an achievement for a lovelorn six-foot Hen Harrier. If the Hen Harrier comes higher than tenth it will be an enormous achievement. And…
Henry – Lanarking about
We’re back in Scotland! I’m fairly sure Lanarkshire is in Scotland but I don’t know much about it. And it seems that Henry will be safe and sound – as far as driving is concerned anyway. There’s a bit of grouse moor in the background. Henry may have to go and have a look over…
That hedge again
Last year I wrote a few blogs about a puzzling hedge (see here, here, here). The resolution to the puzzle was that a farmer had driven down the road with his spray still on and had, accidentally, sprayed over a mile of roadside hedge. I had a look at the hedge a couple of days…