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It seems a long time ago that I was looking at herons, and raptors, and storks and larks in southern Andalucia – but the memories will stay with me. I must go back and read Portrait of a Wilderness – written about the area in the years before I was born. I remember reading Guy…

Henry likes going to posh houses. He enjoyed his visit to Holkham Hall where he saw Buzzards and Red Kites flying over the parkland. That’s a very good sign of progress don’t you think? Henry did think that the Palladian revival architecture was slightly marred by that large marquee thing – is it a tea…

There are two gorgeous, beautiful, male Reed Buntings that are still visiting the garden together.  They must be half a mile, in a straight line, from the nearest possible nesting habitat so I am interested in their behaviour. Could they be miniature Tory canvassers trying to highlight the Conservative success in introducing same sex marriage…

Henry and I were in Yorkshire yesterday, but as he drove me home (what a clever Hen Harrier he is) we passed Lilford in the Nene Valley and I realised that today was an anniversary. Little Owls were successfully introduced into the UK at Lilford Hall by the 4th Baron Lilford in 1889; on St…

In Spain last week I talked to some environmentalists about the politics of nature conservation in Spain.  Some of it sounded quite familiar.  They were concerned about the Juncker review of the Birds and Habitats Directives; they felt that their government was not doing enough, and they were nervous about the results of the regional…