Spring in Lincolnshire!

On Tuesday evening I gave a talk to the Lincolnshire Bird Club. I set off on Tuesday afternoon from my home in east Northants and before the car had warmed up I’d seen a pair of tumbling lapwings in a place where I wouldn’t normally see them. It must be spring! A little further down…

Budget Day

  A little while ago the UK economy lost its triple-A rating credit rating.  Would you say that the UK has a triple-A rating on its ecology? What are the striking gains and losses of wildlife that you have noticed in your life? Do you feel better off or worse off, from an ecological point…

Much-needed patronage

When Prince Charles is having an evening in with the Princess Royal, HM The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh, I wonder whether they ever, as keen Patrons of most of the UK’s wildlife conservation organisations, discuss the state of nature and the state of nature conservation. Would they ever think of writing a letter…

Who is patronising your NGO?

If you put ‘Prince Charles’ into the search engine of the Wildlife Trusts it asks you whether you mean ‘price charge’ – you have to laugh don’t you? However, if you put ‘HRH The Prince of Wales’ into the search engine then you do find that Prince Charles is the Patron of the Wildlife Trusts….