I really hope that this e-petition by Gavin Gamble (whom I don’t know personally) crashes through the 10,000 signatures mark very quickly and then heads rapidly past 20k, 30k, 40k, 50k, 60k, 70k, 80k, 90k and 100k signatures. It’s a long way – but it’s feasible and I’ll be promoting this e-petition as if it…
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HH Day in Boat of Garten – the movie!
The Boat of Garten HHDay event was well worth the journey to the fairly far north – but if you couldn’t make it there then here is a short video that gives you a flavour of it. Thank you to Andrea Goddard who organised the day and to all attendees, speakers etc. This film was…
This week
This week I am giving a talk at a local (fairly local) school about being a biologist on Wednesday and talking to the Bucks Bird Club in Wendover on Thursday evening. I am meeting various friends in London on Friday and am expecting to have recovered from that experience in time to attend the RSPB’s…
Ban the burn on bogs
While I was swanning around in Yorkshire on holiday there was an important conference event held in Edale talking about the future of blanket bogs in the South Pennines (although its findings seem equally to apply to the North Pennines and other areas I guess). Interesting reports reached me of unlikely events such as plates…
Wild food (4) – Penny Buns by Ian Carter
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These delightful fungi are also known as Ceps or Porcini but I prefer Penny Buns because, well, because they look just like them, even if the price has gone up since they were first named. This is arguably the most esteemed of all the wild fungi and they fetch a high price at local markets…