Although the result is not yet official, it seems certain that the Maltese people have voted 51:49 in favour of spring hunting. Steve Micklewright, Director of BirdLife Malta, one of the organisations leading the campaign to abolish spring hunting said, “This was an incredible opportunity for the people of Malta to stop the senseless killing…
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That was close – but no cigar!
The Maltese people have voted by a very small margin, 51:49, to keep spring hunting. That’s very, very close but it’s a result. I wonder what the next step is. Maybe our wildlife NGOs really should think of a campaign to boycott Malta now. The accepted wisdom has been that too hard a campaign from…
Sunday book review – The Shepherd’s Life by James Rebanks
I recommend this book as the antivenom to George Monbiot’s book on rewilding (Feral), and vice versa, for this is a book that will make you like sheep and those who, to some extent, look after them in the hills. It’s a very good read and I enjoyed it very much. However, this book is…
Partly uncoiled
I had kept an eye on the weather forecast and rain was heading our way so I was at Stanwick Lakes for a bit of spring-spotting at 0700 this morning. It was cold again – it felt like the weather had stepped back to early March from mid-April. There was lots of song – Chiffchaffs…
Still coiled
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On Wednesday morning it was a lovely warm day and I thought I’d check how Spring was coming along before putting on a suit and heading to London to see my publisher, Bloomsbury, and then go to lunch with Lord Gnome. Stanwick Lakes was full of song: Chiffchaff song, Song Thrush song, Chaffinch song, Wren…