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Photo: Luke Dray/Woodland Trust. A couple of folk dodging the cars in Piccadilly? Well the Guardian says that ‘hundreds’ of us marched to Downing Street, which I guess is true, since every thousand is made up of hundreds (and scores and dozens)[Guardian later ‘updated’ its headline to thousands].  The police at Downing St told Chris…

Tim writes: Long-eared Owls are not especially easy to see in Britain as they are patchily distributed and are generally elusive, usually only emerging to hunt after sunset. Fortunately I live near one of its patches in the South Pennines so I see them fairly regularly, but getting a photograph is never easy.  This one…

My favourite local farmer, Duncan Farrington, has been developing new delicious products with his prize-winning cold-pressed rapeseed oil.  This Chilli and Cumin dressing is delicious – and I know it comes from a local farm with high environmental standards too. Duncan tells me that he didn’t see a Turtle Dove on his farm this year…