Standing up for Nature
Michael Gove’s ears should have been burning last weekend. It’s not that everyone at the Bird Fair was talking about him, but some were. And it’s not that everyone believes that he is going to do good things but some do, and most of the rest will wait and see. His name came up in…
Eleanor is a wildlife conservationist and raptor enthusiast from Northumberland with an MSc in Biodiversity Conservation and Ecosystem Management from Newcastle University. She indulges her passion for wildlife through photography and writing. Twitter: @DaisyEleanorug We have all heard of the expression ‘to turn a blind eye’, meaning to pretend that a particular act…
Richard Benyon MP is the second in this series of blogs introducing you to the trustees, chairs and patrons of wildlife and environmental charities etc. The idea is to let you know who is running or has a senior, perhaps albeit largely honorary, position in your favourite, or least favourite, charity. The trustees in this…
A now-regular attendee at the Bird Fair from the USA is John Riutta, The Well-read Naturalist, @WRNBookReview. John has agreed to be a judge (with Ian Carter and myself) of this blog’s writing competition – writing a review of George Monbiot’s Feral. And I know that John, who works with Celestron, had some interesting discussions…