It’s frustrating being a member of the Labour Party. I share Labour’s values but they just don’t seem to be applied to rural issues, and, as you have probably noticed, I live in a rural area and care about the countryside and its wildlife. Labour is, for my liking, far too dominated by urban intellectuals …
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Oscar Dewhurst – Jay
Oscar writes: In my local park last Autumn there were large numbers of Jays caching food. I wanted to photograph one with Autumn colours, so put some acorns down on the yellow leaves and lay down to wait. Before long I had 3 species of corvid in front of me: Magpies, Crows and this lovely…
Hardly started 2014…
Have you seen any birds yet in 2014? Of course you have! That’s one of the best things about birds – they are everywhere and with us all the time. According to the excellent Birdtrack I have seen 62 species so far this year but the true total is somewhere in the low 70s as…
This week in birding by Jonnie Fisk
Did you see that story about the Red-necked Phalarope, tagged by the RSPB on Shetland, which wintered off Peru in the Pacific? Amazing! Aren’t birds brilliant? Here is an excellent account of identification of Buff-bellied Pipit. I wonder how long that diver will stay in Devon – I’ll be down there in the not-too-distant future.
Saturday cartoon by Ralph Underhill
And more campaigning, but a bit more zeal needed
John Armitage’s e-petition on licensing of grouse moors has about 6 weeks to run. In approximately 46 weeks it has achieved a highly commendable 7453 signatures (including my own). John’s aim was to raise the issue of illegal killing of raptors and suggest some ways in which the businesses and individuals caught breaking wildlife law…
More campaigning zeal
My blogs about Owen Paterson’s remarks on off-setting (here, here and here) and Ralph Underhill’s cartoon on the subject (here) seemed to have struck a chord. All the blogs have received excellent comments (I like David Hodd’s comment on the last blog – wish I’d thought of that!). If you would like to send a…
Campaigning zeal
I’m back! At least I think I am! My broadband has been off for days (but luckily I could parasitise friends’ wifi at times) but is now on again (or did I speak too soon?). Yesterday evening I tried to persuade the Nottingham RSPB Local Group to support bird conservationists in the rival city of…
Standing up for Nature
…hasn’t got internet at the moment.
The Sanctuary LNR in pictures
See yesterday’s Guest Blog for information on how to make your views known.