This is just a short addendum to my blogs on a local planning matter which would involve building 10 intensive broiler houses on farmland about six miles from where I live (see my blogs here, here and here) and Tim Reed’s guest blog which was on the more general issues surrounding the quality of data…
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Dr Coffey’s reading list (11)
Dr Therese Coffey is the junior minister at Defra. When Gavin Gamble’s e-petition in favour of banning driven grouse shooting passes 10,000 signatures (and it now stands at over 9700) then Dr Coffey will need to sign off a government response. In order that she does not make Defra look even more foolish than they…
Make your choices
The Birdwatch Birders’ Choice Awards are now open for your votes – and there are some very difficult choices too. Who will be Conservation Hero? Will it be Helen Glover and Steve Backshall who raised £300,000 for the World Land Trust (of which I am a trustee)? Or my friend Ruth Peacey who has supported…
Wild Food (9) – Brown Trout by Ian Carter
I often think of these as the freshwater equivalent of Mackerel: they are stunningly pretty fish; they snatch at any morsel of food in front of them, making them remarkably easy to catch; they are a doddle to cook and taste fantastic; and they can only be caught from spring to autumn (in this case…
Three prints of Paul Thomas cartoon signed by Chris Packham
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If the the original cartoon portrait of Chris Packham, signed by Chris Packham (reserve price £150) is beyond your pocket then how about buying one of this very limited edition of signed prints of the full cartoon (there are just three of them)? You can even see that the signatures are different…