John Armitage is an old colleague of mine from the RSPB and was formerly what then was a Regional Officer, but would now be a Regional Director, for what would then have been Northwest England but would now be about half of Northern England. He had a long and detailed involvement in the Forest of…
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Bird Fair slower thoughts
Yesterday I gave you some quick thoughts on the Bird Fair – here are some slower thoughts. I love the Bird Fair – it’s like an old friend – much loved even with its idiosyncrasies and irritating habits. And I meet many old friends at the Bird Fair each year, and usually make some new…
Bird Fair quick thoughts
Bird Fair 2019 was great the weather was mostly OK but rain on Friday made the slithering around in places part of the fun – I can’t remember a recent Bird Fair when we’ve had to do that (but they all merge into one really) I met some interesting new people and some interesting old…
Ban driven grouse shooting 2019 Day 6
We’re now on Day 6 and the e-petition calling for a ban of driven grouse shooting is over two thirds of the way towards a Westminster Hall debate. Here’s a map of where those signatures come from; Here are constituencies with 154+ signatures already (the only significance of 154 is that is the average number…
Sunday cartoon by Ralph Underhill
Mark writes: The Wild Justice e-petition to ban driven grouse shooting stands at 62,730 – please sign it and get your friends to sign it as quickly as possible. I’ll be giving a short talk about Wild Justice at the Bird Fair (Osprey marquee) at 11:30am this morning.
What to do at the Bird Fair on Sunday
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09:30 Bats in churches Diana Spencer (Merlin) 10:15 Rebirding – rewilding Britain and its birds Ben Macdonald (Authors’ Forum) 11:30 Wild Justice the first 6 months Mark Avery (Osprey) 12:00 Nature Calls Mark Carwardine (Events) 13:00 A tabloid history of birdwatching Paul Thomas (Authors’ Forum) 13:30 Hen Harrier LIFE Cathleen Thomas (Harrier) 15:30 our flyway…
Quick update
At the Bird Fair yesterday: it rained a bit the paths were muddy in places (the going was soft, heavy in places) the people were lovely the food was good the beer was good the talks were good – even though I only went to one of them! the Wild Justice e-petition passed several more…
What to do at the Bird Fair on Saturday
09:30 Champagne and birds Keith Betton (Hobby) 10:00 Making an impact – using film to help stop illegal bird persecution Ruth Peacey (Osprey) OR Wild women do Amy-Jane Beer (Hobby) or Wilding – the return of nature to a British farm Isabella Tree (Authors’ Forum) 12:00 Chris Packham (Events) 13:45 Bird Therapy Joe Harkness (Authors’…
Which constituencies are already over the line?
If you need to get 100,000 signatures across 650 Westminster parliamentary constituencies then if each of them raised 154 signatures that would do! The Wild Justice e-petition calling for a ban on driven grouse shooting, led by Chris Packham, is only in its third day and has already got half way! We topped 50,000 signatures…
What to do at the Bird Fair on Friday
09:30 Wild Justice the first six months – Ruth Tingay (Harrier) 11:30 Wild China – Sichuan’s Birds – Tim Melling (Harrier) 13:00 Best days ever: the World Series chaired by Chris Goodie (Events Marquee) OR The Red Kite – Ian Carter and Dan Powell (Authors’ Forum) 13:30 Swifts and biodiversity Edward Meyer (Merlin) 14:00 Wilding…