Oscar writes: While walking through a heathland last year I came across a family of Stonechats moving through the heather. I positioned myself slightly ahead of them and waited for them to come closer, which, luckily for me, they did. This image shows the two young birds perched on top of a clump of…
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Books of the year
I seem to have reviewed 32 books on this site in 2014. They are all listed below. Reviewing books is a personal affair. I try not to say that books are good or bad – only that I like them or not. From that, you’ll have to make your own minds up. And I know…
Saturday cartoon by Ralph Underhill
Ralph says: ‘Black Friday causes Santa to have existential crisis‘
A bit of a round up
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very nice blog by Findlay Wilde about coming runner up in the Animal Hero awards. I’m quite jealous that Findlay has had his photo taken with Brian May, but then Bohemian Rhapsody was at No 1 when I heard I had a place at Cambridge. Well done to Dominik Reynolds who won the award…
You should read this in Birdwatch
I have a great affection for Birdwatch magazine. First, they pay me to sound off about whatever is on my mind at the time and that is just completely lovely of them! Second, they put a Hen Harrier on the cover of the August issue with the headline ‘Stop killing our harriers’ and have been…