Last day to sign this e-petition

This is the last day that you can sign my e-petition to ban driven grouse shooting. It was launched on 28 May and ends today when the Westminster parliament is dissolved. In just 10 months it has helped change the whole tenor of the debate about the future of  grouse shooting. No longer is driven…

Oscar Dewhurst – Blue-capped Tanager

Oscar writes: In the cloud forest of Peru these Blue-capped Tanagers were ubiquitous and regularly passed through the scrub just outside my room at the research station I was staying at. One afternoon I just stood and waited and before long I had a group of these birds posing on gorgeous lichen-encrusted branches for me!…

More things that caught my eye this week

today is WWF’s Earth Hour this month’s Birdwatch is full of good things but the double page photo of a Great Spotted Woodpecker and a Little Owl squaring up to each other on a post is quite stunning. and that same Birdwatch has the wonderful Mark Cocker’s last column (although he will continue to write…

Vote for Andean Condors please

The fate of £25,000 of conservation money is entirely up to you. Have a look, please, and consider voting for this excellent project to protect Andean Condors. Voting closes on Monday so why not just click away now?

Just a few things that caught my eye…

or in this case my ear – first singing Chiffchaff this week I had a look at Stonehenge this week – it is very impressive – I wonder whether Henry might visit one day? #HaveYouSeenHenry? meat free week is going well           I really enjoyed talking to the AGM of the…