Birdwatch October 2020

Cracking finch! Cracking cover! Cracking magazine! This month’s Birdwatch is an excellent issue. Rebecca Armstrong kicks off with mention of the Wild Justice (and RSPB and Hen Harrier Action) e-action. Rebecca hadn’t had a reply at the time of putting this issue to bed and if she still hasn’t, and if you haven’t, then you…

A million pageviews

Last year was the first year that this blog received over a million pageviews in a year – and that milestone was reached in mid November. This year it was reached on 1 October. Thank you for your attention.

Looking forward to Saturday’s RSPB AGM

On Saturday it’s the RSPB AGM – have you booked your place online? This is always an interesting event, and usually a somewhat uplifting one, and it’ll be fascinating to hear the RSPB’s new position on gamebird shooting. At least, I assume it will be a new position after over a year of cogitation. The…

Sunday book review – the Hedgehog Book by Hugh Warwick

This is a charming book about a species that is being lost from our lives. I haven’t seen a live Hedgehog for several years and there aren’t many squashed on the roads around here these days. Friends and family send videos of hedgehogs if they come across one – this once common species is now…