Standing up for Nature
There is a colony of Black-headed Gulls on the lake next to the A45 which forms part of my local patch of Stanwick Lakes. And this year, some of the gulls with black heads really did have black heads because they were Mediterranean Gulls, a pair of which nested among the brown-headed Black-headed Gulls. …
Michael Gove visited Rainham Marshes on Thursday and had a chat with the RSPB. That looks good and is good. He set the RSPB a little bit of homework which was ‘If we want the UK’s approach to environmental protection and enhancement to be seen as the best in the world, what does that mean…
Oscar writes: This is another photo from my time in Spain. During our first 3 days we were staying in Extremadura, near Trujillo, so spent an evening at the bullring on the edge of the town to watch the Lesser Kestrels that breed there. Here’s one of the males as it flew over my head….
Salcey Forest is pretty good for butterflies. Wood White is one of the specialities. If you park at the car park circled above…this one… …and then walk down this track (marked in yellow above)… …you’ll stand a very good chance of seeing a Wood White before you turn the corner, if yesterday is…
This book is another in the RSPB Spotlight series (see my review of Kingfishers) which is published by Bloomsbury. It’s a cracking book written, by an expert, in a thoroughly engaging and understandable manner. I’ve had this book for a while but picked it up to find out more about the Tree Bumblebees in…
Tim writes: Sometimes whale blows look photogenic, sometimes they do not. When I was in Alaska I spotted that the perfect situation arose for taking whale blows so I seized the opportunity. These circumstances were no wind, early morning backlighting, plus a dark background to accentuate the blow. And here is the result on a…
World exclusive, an early draft of the Queen’s speech: ‘My government will find new ways of transferring money from public services to the wealthy few. They will persist with hard Brexit in order to cripple one’s economy. Now that’s it because I’m orfff to Royal Ascot and if they ever have a State Opening of…
Dear Mr Pursglove Because we might have another general election some time fairly soon, I’d like to just share these thoughts with you, please. I was surprised, in a way, to read that the Conservative manifesto promised a free vote on fox hunting (and the Prime Minister voiced her support for it). You may remember…