I’ve been away birding for a few days and am thrilled to see that our e-petition is still steaming ahead: 17,000 signatures reached in three weeks! Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey was the first constituency to reach 100 signatures with Ross, Skye and Lochaber not far behind. Here are the top ten constituencies so far:…
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I’m reading…
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I’m reading Chris Packham’s book – out in May – Fingers in the Sparkle Jar. I hope to review it next week. But, wow!
Saturday cartoon by Ralph Underhill
Talking
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It seems a long time ago that I spoke to the Devon Birds society and the Somerset Ornithological Society – but both were great evenings. Thank you! Next week it is back to Devon and the RSPB Exeter group on Tuesday, then east Surrey RSPB group on Wednesday and RSPB central London group on Thursday!
Spring
Since coming back from Israel I’ve been getting in some local birding: at Stanwick Lakes, at Rainham Marshes, at Titchwell, at Weeting Heath and at Lakenheath Fen. Migration is not advanced at these places as it is (was) at Eilat but I have notched up a few UK spring migrants, namely Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler,…
Champions of the Flyway 2016 – blog 7
A few final thoughts on the Champions of the Flyway event: It was a great experience and a privilege to be there – I’ll remember the birds (some of them) for a long time, but it will be the people I’ll remember for ever. Seeing scores of Israeli children taking part in the bird race…
Champions of the Flyway 2016 – blog 6
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Day 6 – the morning after! 30 March The teams, and not just the international teams but Israeli team and childrens’ teams too, assembled on the beach for a group photo at 10am and then there was an awards ceremony in a local hotel. Here are the final standings of the teams –…
Bit of a catch-up
ban driven grouse shooting e-petition stands at 15,800 signatures – please sign and promote to others. This e-petition is still in its first month. ban toxic lead ammunition e-petition stands at 15,500 signatures – please sign and promote to others. This e-petition is in its last month and deserves far greater support from our major…
Champions of the Flyway 2016 – blog 5
Day 5 – race day! 29 March I was driving to start with, and actually did so all day. We left just after 2am and, despite a flashlight incident, made good progress, picking up Greater Flamingo in the adjacent saltpans within five minutes. This was easy! The next bird was a Barn Owl an hour…
RSPB does something
The RSPB included a note in its April e-newsletter asking its members to sign Rob Sheldon’s e-petition on banning toxic lead ammunition. this was wittily called ‘Last chance to take the lead’. If this heralds a month of frantic activity on this subject from the RSPB, whose agreed policy is that there should be a…