Even an eligible young male Hen Harrier like Henry, on the look out for a mate, needs to chill out now and again. Here I buy Henry an ice cream. We sat on a stone wall in the Goyt Valley and had a chat. Henry thanked everyone for signing the e-petition to ban driven grouse…
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Thank you
The Westminster government e-petition site closed about six hours early yesterday – at around 6pm rather than at the scheduled midnight. Is that the first broken promise of the general election campaign? Our e-petition disappeared with no warning, along with all the others, but with around 22,400 signatures supporting the call to ban driven grouse…
Last 12 hours
Please sign this e-petition to ban driven grouse shooting. It closes at midnight.
Henry leaves Chatsworth
Henry tells me that he enjoyed Chatsworth but decided to leg it because of the lack of ringtails. #HaveYouSeenHenry?
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
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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!…
Sunday book review – Nature in Towns and Cities by David Goode
I’ve had this book for quite some time, and I have kept picking it up and putting it down. For me, that is usually a sign that it hasn’t grabbed me but I’m wondering whether it is me, or the book, or both. In this case I think it is mostly me. I’m not that…
More things that caught my eye this week
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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?
Saturday cartoon by Ralph Underhill
The general election campaign hasn’t really started yet! Are we all looking forward to it?