It’s very nice to have been nominated, for the second year, for The Great Outdoors Awards 2018. Woohoo! as they say. I’m in the Campaigner of the Year category – which is recognition enough. Thank you. Also in the same category is Chris Packham so you’d be bonkers to vote for me instead of him….
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Your wildlife champions?
There are plenty of reasons why MPs were unable to attend the Walk for Wildlife in London on Saturday – and plenty of good reasons too. And there are plenty of good reasons why lots of other supporters of the event were unable to attend. But of the nearly 40 MPs who have signed up…
Guest blog – Driven Grouse Shooting – your bluff’s been called by Les Wallace
Who I am – Scottish with a fascination for wildlife from childhood – in lieu of formal qualifications (and not being able to flash them about!) – was on the 1990 International Youth Conservation Exchange to Hungary, was the 1993 winner of the BBC Wildlife Magazine ‘Realms of the Russian Bear’ competition and spent nearly…
Walk for Wildlife – take the next step
Photo: Luke Dray/Woodland Trust If you were one of the 10,000 people who walked through London on Saturday, soaked but happy, you were acting politically. You were using your freedom of speech in a democracy to call on your government to do more for wildlife. And thank you for doing so – your action, combined…
A Conservative MP responds to the Manifesto for Wildlife
One reader of this blog, who was unable to attend the Walk for Wildlife on Saturday was quick off the mark in contacting his MP about the Manifesto for Wildlife – and his MP was quick to respond. ‘I read it and I think I got to page 67 before I found something I could…