Email sent to Waitrose early this morning. It’s Dr Avery not Mr Avery. I first contacted you about this matter on 26 November – I have not had any substantive response except that you are thinking about it. I know I am not alone in having contacted you. You have been ‘thinking about it’ for…
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Scottish Wildlife Crime report for 2017
I welcome the reduction in offences but it is disappointing that wildlife crime and raptor persecution continue to threaten Scotland’s natural heritage and damage the reputation of our country. Roseanna Cunningham MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform This review of wildlife crime cases is worth a look as it puts the…
I was robbed!
There has been a male Hen Harrier seen regularly at my local patch of Stanwick Lakes since well before Christmas. Quite a lot of people have seen it, quite a lot of us have not, and I’d really like to see it. I’d like to see it because it is always good to see a…
Not much happening…
Photo: Raysonho @ Open Grid Scheduler / Grid Engine [CC0], from Wikimedia Commons The UK has ground to a halt in a post-referendum, pre-meaningful vote, bad-tempered muddle. Please send guest blogs immediately – guidelines here.
Letchworth
There were nearly 60 people in the audience of the Hitchin and Letchworth RSPB group on Friday evening – and they were a very friendly and jolly lot. And some of them went away with signed copies of my books too. It’s often the questions that are the most interesting thing for me – because…
English Winter Bird Survey
I’ve done a couple of visits to my regular BBS squares in order to collect information on wintering farmland birds for a survey funded by Natural England and Defra. Here are some of the highs and lows so far. Doing a bird survey is a good way to start the new year and that’s what…
Paul Leyland – fruit fly
Paul writes: I found this tiny fly on a Tansy flower growing along the field path next to my house in North Yorkshire. It is only about 4mm long, not including the ovipositor, so I really needed a photograph to fully appreciate it. This picture shows how colourful and beautifully marked even the smallest insect…
Sunday book review – A Field Guide to the Carnivores of the World by Luke Hunter and Priscilla Barrett
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This is an updated edition of a book which covers many of the most charismatic speces on this planet. From Polar Bear to Least Weasel (that’s our Weasel Mustela nivalis) this book beautifully illustrates mammals with sharp teeth from the biggest to the smallest. The illustrations are very attractive and cover many subspecies and a…
Tim Melling – Golden Snub-nosed Monkey
Tim writes: The golden snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus roxellana) is only found in China and is classified as endangered. It is found in forests at high altitude (1500-3400m) and feeds largely on lichens that grow on dead trees, but also on fresh leaves, buds and flowers. They occur in groups that range over a very wide…
Guest blog series, A Break from Humanity (6) by Ian Carter.
Continued from Monday My interest in wildlife is all-pervading. It’s something I’m aware of, or at least alert to, all the time. I’d describe it as a mindset or a way of life rather than a hobby. And yet I felt it was gradually being eroded, despite a concerted effort over the past two years…