Paul writes: For the past four months I’ve been looking at insects in and around my garden and reporting what I’ve found. I’ve decided I can now spread my wings a bit so I don’t miss out too much on what is happening elsewhere. One of my favourite wildlife sights in Yorkshire, at this time…
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Tim Melling – Blyth’s Reed Warbler
Tim writes: I know it’s not the prettiest of birds but this might be the start of a colonisation of Britain by Blyth’s Reed Warbler. It was once considered to be an extreme rarity in Britain, only really identifiable in the hand by measurement of its short wing. It was first recorded on Fair Isle…
After…things I would like to be different (7)
A modern Royal Family When you look across the Pond at Trumpland then there is quite a lot to be said for having a hereditary Head of State compared with where they have ended up. And I have quite a lot of time for 90-something year-old women as my own mother and mother-in-law both have…
Saturday cartoon by Ralph Underhill
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BTO press release – Juliet Vickery to be new CEO
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The British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) has named Professor Juliet Vickery as its new Chief Executive.Juliet, who is currently the RSPB’s Head of International Conservation Science, said that ‘to have been trusted with this position is an enormous privilege and a hugely exciting opportunity.’ Juliet will join BTO in November, working alongside the current Chief…
I’ve been away
I’ve been away for a few days for a family wedding in Edinburgh. It was a slightly strange but very happy event with few guests (six of us) and where the wedding breakfast was held in the open air, by the Scottish Parliament looking up at Arthur’s Seat, drinking champagne and eating take-away pizza. But…
Andy Clements extended, Teresa Dent expendable
Further to an announcement in early June, Andy Clements is remaining on the Natural England Board for a further two years whereas Teresa Dent is not – see here. This must be seen as a good thing although the Scientific Advisory Board that Andy has chaired cleared the way for the highly contentious, and still…
Press release – National Trust
National Trust sites prove successful breeding grounds for peregrine falcons 11 peregrine falcon chicks discovered at four sites cared for by the National Trust Lockdown pair at Corfe Castle successfully hatch three chicks, and the return of visitors hasn’t put them off Peaks partnership work results in most successful breeding season in High Peak since…
Starts tomorrow
Big Butterfly Count – click here.
Four weeks today…
… is the … …twelth, the traditional start of the grouse shooting season. There are all sorts of reasons why the grouse shooting season might be a damp squib this year. First, the weather may not have been perfect for Red Grouse this year and there are reports of Red Grouse numbers being low in…