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When I was a lad, birding just south of Bristol, my aim was to hear a Chiffchaff in March rather than let that event slip into April. In fact, my aim was to hear a Chiffchaff before my birthday on 29 March. I usually did it, but not always – that’s why it was a…

But here is an update on the new petitions that I told you about 10 days or so ago: Publish the Russia report, now 53,702 signatures (was 23,953 signatures) Make Hedgehogs a Protected Species, now 42,455 signatures (was 6557 signatures) Legal rights for ancient trees, now 5,354 signatures (was 607 signatures) Don’t criminalise trespass, now…

A year ago this very important paper looking at the fate of satellite-tagged Hen Harriers was published in Nature Communications. It’s open access and so you can read it but it does take quite a bit of reading. Here is my post from last year which explains what the paper found – several people have…

I keep hearing that we are confined to our homes but that is a very urban perspective on social isolation. For those of us who have countryside on our doorsteps we are much better off. Yesterday I walked the five paces from my front door to the car, drove about three miles and went for…