I’m keeping a note of whether I see Red Kites on each day through the year – in January I saw Red Kites on 22 days out of 31. February has had a higher strike rate – 24 out of 28 days.
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Local Issue – chicken farm update
You might remember a few blogs about the proposal to build an intensive broiler unit locally to me (Local issue – further comments, 1 December 2017; Local issue – seems I was right (2), 2 November 2017; Local issue – seems I was right (1), 1 November 2017; Local – bird records, 26 October 2017;…
Guest blog – Real country people by Norman McCanch
Norman McCanch was born in South Wales and trained as a taxidermist, then worked as a Lighthouse Keeper with Trinity House, before studying Graphics and Illustration in Kent. He subsequently worked in a boat yard, in the Agricultural supply industry, as a part-time gamekeeper and as warden of two different Bird Observatories. He worked on…
We are 19,700 signatures ahead
The supporters of a ban on driven grouse shooting, are now 19,700 signatures ahead of the forces of conservatism who wish this unsustainable hobby of shooting birds for fun and profit to continue. But it’s not quite as simple as that, as there are three e-petitions including Ed Hutchings’s e-petition, supported by the RSPB, which…
An amazing response – thank you
Starting a crowd funding campaign is a little like throwing a party – when you start, you imagine what great fun it will be and how everyone will want to come. Then as the time approaches you begin to wonder whether it is going to be such a success and as the hour draws near…