I always look forward to reports from Butterfly Conservation – not because they are always full of good news but because they are always very professionally produced, always teach me something I didn’t know and always have the mixture of graphs, images and words that does it for me. Their latest report ‘The State of…
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Horse meat, Romania, vultures, Oscar Whisky, Owen Paterson and your taxes – all connected.
The connectedness of the world intrigues me. I like making connections between facts, people, events, ideas. I’m getting a bit tired of hearing about the ‘horse meat crisis’ (eg here, here, here, here, here) only because it certainly isn’t a crisis when safe delicious horse meat is incorporated alongside safe delicious cow meat in our…
Real men (and women) recycle
“I haven’t seen anything like this before” said a scientist, but then maybe he doesn’t get out much… “They do have very very complicated biology” said a scientist. A sea slug that is able to detach, re-grow and then re-use its penis has surprised scientists.
Map of poisoned birds of prey
Go to the Defra website and you will find a map of poisoning incidents in England and Wales over the last five years. Environment Minister Richard Benyon said: “I am appalled that these crimes continue to be committed and I am determined to stamp them out. “Those responsible have no consideration for what they are killing…
Happy Valentine’s day
Apparently, the first bird a woman sees on Valentine’s Day tells her the type of husband she will get. Magpies seem good news – good job they are commoner than ever! Birds of prey seem ones to look out for but maybe crows should be avoided. The first reference to St Valentine’s Day being…