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Sunday book review – Wilding by Isabella Tree
This will undoubtedly be one of the wildlife books of the year and it is a cracking good read. You should read it. The book tells the story of the wilding of the Knepp Castle Farm, in Sussex, by its owners Sir Charles Burrell and his wife, the author of this book. So this is…
Tim Melling – Siberian Jay
Tim writes; As the name suggests, this species occurs in the boreal forest zone across Siberia but also occurs in northern Scandinavia. They occur at low densities and are not easy to find, but when you do find them they can be incredibly confiding. This one is eating a tiny caterpillar and we also saw…
Shoddy misportrayal by BBC Radio 4 – not for the first time.
The Radio 4 Today programme is making a habit of attending the Game Fair and it covered quite a lot of ground, some of it quite well, this morning. Well done to Georgia Locock for speaking up against intensive grouse shooting. Georgia, a first-year undergraduate, was put up against 33 year-old, experienced spokesperson for shooting,…
Worth a small celebration #justice4henharriers
We have been given leave by the Hon Mrs Justice Lambert DBE to take our judicial review to court. We’ll soon find out what the date is, but it won’t be before October, it might not be before Christmas, but an autumn day in court is most likely. It appears that the RSPB will…