You won’t catch me chasing after rare birds very often. I got that out of my system years ago. For me to leap in the car to see a bird it has to meet some strict criteria: not too far away, a bird I really want to see, and a bird I will enjoy seeing…
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The call of the BBS
I survey two squares for the BTO/JNCC/RSPB Breeding Bird Survey, and for my own interest, and for you. I made the first visit to each of them for 2014 over the weekend. The first of ‘my’ squares is one that I have surveyed for the past nine years. It’s a one-kilometre square of farmland near…
Casualties of Spring hunting on Malta
These images are all of birds shot, illegally, on Malta this spring.
Hen Harrier Day – 10 August 2014
I’ve been really impressed by the number of emails I’ve received by people who are keen – eager even! – to participate in a peaceful protest against Hen Harrier persecution. Over 200 people have contacted me, some promising cars full of supporters, and emails still arrive every day. There is clearly real enthusiasm for expressing…
Oscar Dewhurst – Dusky Titi
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Oscar writes: One of the primates I’ve seen most often here in Peru is the Dusky Titi monkey; in fact on several mornings they wake me up! They are seen fairly regularly in the buildings around the stations where photography is a little easier in the forest due to more light and fewer obstructions!…
Sunday book review – A Field Guide to Monitoring nests by Ferguson-Lees, Castell & Leech
I’m rubbish at nests and eggs. I have little experience in finding them and am usually pretty clueless at identifying them when I do stumble across them. This, then, is a book for me. The book is a handy size to take into the field. Each of 146 British breeding species gets its own account…
What did politicians offer?
I have a column in the current British Wildlife magazine about the relevance of the EU elections on 22 May, the Scottish independence vote in September and the next UK general election (just over a year away) to our wildlife. In it I also set out 20 policies that might get my vote in the…
Saturday cartoon by Ralph Underhill
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It’s a throw-away society – but we only have one planet on which to live.
Green Party MEPs on Malta Massacre
In contrast to the mess that is UKIP, the Green Party seems to be fully engaged with doing their best to highlight and sort out the massacre of spring migrants on Malta. The UK has two Green Party MEPs; Keith Taylor MEP (Southeast England) and Jean Lambert MEP (London). Both feature the Malta Migrant Massacre…
UKIP muddle
Many readers of this blog have contacted their MEPs about the Malta Massacre. Thank you all! I will keep coming back to this subject over the next three weeks leading up to the EU elections (and quite probably, beyond). Roger Helmer is one of ‘my’ MEPs in the East Midlands, and I’ve been sent…