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Given that the Moorland Association has been strangely quiet recently it is worth noting that they are now trying hard to appear very very reasonable. It’s all a bit odd. Their responses to the RSPB statement on burning and Birdcrime report are rather moderately worded. I will be interested to see what the Moorland Association…

I slightly covet my neighbour’s Walnut tree but I’m not sure how good the walnuts are. What I do know is that the local Jackdaws love them, as does what appears to be a single Rook. The Jackdaws seem to arrive just after 9am every morning (why then?) and take away individual walnuts in their…

… is doing well. Thank you to all who have supported this appeal to protect the Ecuadorian Chaco Forest. Andy’s fundraiser is such a great deal: your £1 unlocks a further £3 that has been promised by Andy’s employer, Ecclesiastical insurence, and other potential donors that WLT has lined up. Andy’s trying to raise £5,000…

Johnson is going to announce a big push on offshore wind energy today. This sounds good, although not unalloyed good news. It’s a very political move. Energy production generates jobs and energy, it appears that the PM’s announcement is going to put those jobs in the Northeast of England somewhere near where the red wall…

…and ones I am waiting to arrive in the post… That’s quite a lot of reading. I’m glad to say that Stephen Moss will be contributing his round-up of nature books for this blog towards the end of November (see previous years; 2019, 2018).