If you are reading this blog on your phone, then you may not have any problems, I don’t on my phone. And maybe all looks good to you on your PC or tablet – but it doesn’t on mine! The ‘theme’ (the blog template) I’ve always used here with the nice blue colour has just…
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Sorry, there is no blog here this morning. My connection to the blog server didn’t work throughout most of yesterday and then I was out in the evening and out of the house fairly early this morning. Normal service will resume as soon as possible. Apologies to anyone else who couldn’t read this blog yesterday…
Tim Melling – Wilson’s Petrel
Tim writes: this Wilson’s Petrel has rather spoilt its perfect reflection by dipping its feet into the water, but you can see the diagnostic yellow webs between its toes which identifies it from all other storm petrels. It is thought that they attract prey by dipping their yellow webs in the water. They feed on…
Monday book review – The Blue Hare by Hugh Webster
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Reviewed by Ian Carter This book is aimed, I imagine, primarily at older children, perhaps in their early teens or a little younger for more advanced readers. That being so, when asked to read it I thought I’d have a look at a chapter or two to get a flavour of the writing and write…
Paul Leyland – Green-veined White
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Paul writes: I can’t resist watching insects feeding on dandelions, so when I saw this Green-veined White last weekend I stopped to have a closer look. This butterfly probably suffers from being so widespread and common that it is dismissed as “just another white”. However, once seen close up they are subtly attractive with their…
Sunday book review – Who Owns England? by Guy Shrubsole
I’ve been looking forward to reading this book and it hasn’t disappointed me – I recommend it. I went to the book launch on Tuesday and drank red wine, met some friends and we all sang The Manchester Rambler which was fun. But I was keen to discover what Guy had found out and how….
Tim Melling – Magellanic Penguin
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Tim writes: These are Magellanic Penguins braying next to their offspring. They are closely related and very similar to the African Penguin, which is often known as the Jackass Penguin, because of its donkey-like braying call. And Magellanic Penguins make a similar donkey call, which these were both making when I took the photograph. All…
General Licence 31 – Woodpigeons and serious damage to crops
This general licence was published yesterday evening by Natural England – the next ones look as though they will be published by Defra. I’ve had a quick look at it. Noticeable is this passage; This appears to be a recognition of the point raised on this blog last week (and raised in the Wild Justice…
Defra in a big panic – consult, consult!
Defra want to know what everyone thinks about everything by 5pm a week on Monday. That gives the world 5 working days to get their thoughts together. I”m pretty sure that Wild Justice will be submitting something.
General Licences – not quite business as usual is it?
See the exchange of letters between the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and Natural England, published today. Getting notice of this in an email from Defra seems to mean that Wild Justice is now a Defra stakeholder. Gosh! Michael Gove is now in charge of pigeon shooting and crow control, as…