The King George VI chase is racing’s Boxing Day highlight. Second only to the Cheltenham Gold Cup in steeplechasing’s league table of prestige, this is usually a mid-winter battle between the best chasers of Britain, Ireland and sometimes of France too. The King George is often won by the same horses in successive years. The…
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A Happy Christmas to all my readers
Happy Christmas! This blog will return on Boxing Day morning with a preview of the King George (that’s a horse race) at Kempton. Please sign this epetition.
Wildlife defence in England – a hollow force?
During his/her annual speech last night the Chief of the Environmental Defence Staff was horribly misquoted as saying; I can understand, completely, that in times of slightly lower national richness we must clobber the environment for all it is worth. I have, of course, no argument with our ‘greenest ever Prime Minister’ on that score. …
Introducing Oscar Dewhurst
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Oscar Dewhurst is an 18 year-old wildlife photographer and birder from London. He’s been birding since he was 10, and photographing since he was 13, mainly in his local area of Southwest London, particularly at the WWT London Wetland Centre. Oscar’s work has been commended in several competitions, including the Veolia Environnement Wildlife Photographer of…
That CAPs the year off nicely – not!
The decision of the coalition government to reject the Secretary of State for the Environment’s recommendation of a full 15% rate of modulation for the CAP (and go for 12% instead) caps off an awful year for wildlife in England; – glacially slow and inadequate progress on MCZs – UK opposition to a neonic ban…
The week in birding – Jonnie Fisk
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Christmas cartoon from Ralph Underhill
Invite your MP to do the BGBW
You may have seen my blog this morning which invited my local MP, Andy Sawford, to do the RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch with me at my home on Sunday 26 January (I plan to be at Cheltenham races on the Saturday!). I hope he says yes as I’d like to show him some birds, tell…
Writing to my MP (2) – Big Garden Birdwatch
Dear Andy This is the second of my monthly letters to you and serves also as a means for me to wish you and your family a very Happy Christmas! In just over a month’s time, on the weekend of 25 and 26 January is the annual RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch. On that weekend, over…
Three images today – 3 Shooting with a camera
Sent in by ‘a reader’ – discuss.