Some more reading

These are worth a read; The Guardian: ‘My God it’s chaos’: LUSH’s founder on why he is so downcast (with a Hen Harrier mention). The Guardian: the end of farming? A good account of rewilding. New York Times: New Unexplained Cases (of coronavirus) found in Oregon and California. The Guardian: Fir’s fair: UK must embrace…

Tim Melling – Forest Musk Deer

Tim writes: Forest Musk Deer (Moschus berezovskii) is a highly elusive, little-photographed species of deer that is classified by IUCN as “Endangered”, mainly due to hunting for its musk glands, used in Chinese medicines and for perfumes.  There appear to be very few (correctly identified) wild photographs of this species on the whole internet and…

Saturday cartoon by Ralph Underhill

This is a recycled cartoon from last year, but then the issue has come round again this year. And the RSPB issued a press release on the subject as follows: Nests Not Nets The RSPB wants to see nests and not nets, and is appalled to see netting used once again to prevent birds nesting….