As a soldier, Roger Morgan-Grenville served in 5 continents, including the sub-Antarctic. After running a small housewares business, he turned to full time writing and campaigning in 2016. He has published 7 books of which the most recent is The Restless Coast (reviewed here), and was a founder member of the charities Help for Heroes…
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Seven years in the garden – on 23 April
Seven years, for two trees/bushes, photographed on the same date.
Happy birthday, Chris!
Sunday book review – Future Rural (various authors) edited by Adrian Cooper
The Campaign for the Protection of Rural England is 100. Happy Birthday CPRE! If CPRE were a person then its centenary would be marked by paeans of praise and with the knowledge that there was little time to add to the lifetime of achievement. But for an organisation this is just a significant milestone between…
Iceland whaling 2026
The Icelandic media are reporting that the single whaling firm on Iceland plans to resume hunts for Fin Whales this year. Government has announced that the quota would be 150 Fin Whales this year (less than last year, but then none of it was used last year). A new conservation/welfare NGO, Friends of the Whales,…
How to respond to consultation on shooting seasons
This is my advice on responding to the consultation on changes to shooting seasons for a variety of bird species across England, Wales and Scotland. The consultation can be found – click here. The closing date is Sunday 17 May so you have nearly four full weeks and all of four weekends to get…
Golden Eagles in England?
Plans are afoot to plan for Golden Eagles to be reintroduced into England. A few thoughts: This announcement didn’t announce much and should probably be seen as one of those from government which is designed to get some favourable media attention (in this case ahead of local elections in many parts of England in May)….
Hugh Brazier: 1953-2026
I first met Hugh Brazier nearly 57 years ago when I started at Bristol Grammar School. Hugh was already there and neither of us might have guessed that we would remain in touch as friends all that time nor that we would both spend much of our time engaged in birds, wildlife and the environment….
Sunday book review – Fungi and Human Life by Nicholas P. Money
There are a lot of fungi in the world. Of the 75,000ish species of animals, plants, fungi, algae and a few protists that are recognised as occurring in the UK about one in five, 15,000 of them, are fungi. If we knew more about them then that proportion would probably rise rather than fall. And…
Sunday book review – One Day A Thousand Songs by John Miller
This book isn’t quite what it seems, but on first glance it is a very simple and moderately engaging account of the birds heard or seen in a Wiltshire garden on 6 May 2025. The author spends 17 hours up and active and uses the Merlin app to help identify all the calls and songs….