Over a thousand good things about the Bird Fair: This petition, on bits of paper, at the Bird Fair over the three days, raised over 1,000 signatures asking the Prime Minister of Iceland to put an end to whaling in her country. Dear Katrín Jakobsdóttir, Prime Minister of Iceland Each year the British Birdwatching Fair…
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Paul Leyland – Six-spot Burnet
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There are several species of Burnet moth and they are amongst the most noticeable day-flying moths in the UK. All are very similar, however the Six-spot Burnet (Zygaena filipendulae) is the only one with six distinct spots on each forewing. It is also the commonest and most widespread, being seen almost everywhere except in Scotland,…
I’m at the Bird Fair yet again
Day 3 of the Bird Fair and I have a lot of conversations to finish among all those which I haven’t even started! Here in east Northants it’s a bit of a cloudy blowy start to the day and it looks as though that’s what it will be like at Bird Fair too. It won’t…
Book review – Mind of the Raven by Bernd Heinrich
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This book was published quite a long time ago – 1999 in hardback – but it deals with a topical subject and I noticed it on sale in the bookstores of Yellowstone National Park a few weeks ago. I almost bought it then, particularly as there was a Raven running around on the roof…
Bird Fair Day 2
I’m back home again after Day 2 of the Bird Fair and we are all having a cup of tea before opening the wine – I knew you wanted to know that. Ten good things about today: The queue to get into the Bird Fair before the gates open at 9am is a great place…