BBS extra

I told you, as I usually do, about my visits to my two Breeding Bird Survey squares (see here and here). Having done the surveys and entered the data online I thought I was done but those nice people in BTO HQ wanted to wring a little more from my volunteer effort because I had…

Let them eat croissants!

I like a good croissant – don’t you? Thursday mornings are now ASDA delivery mornings chez-nous, comme d’habitude. A wide variety of deliverymen (and yes, they have all been hommes to date) arrive in our early morning slot and deliver some of what we ordered. This is a covid-legacy pour nous. There is a minimum…

Ban the use of lead ammunition please Wales

Yesterday morning, this petition to the Welsh Senedd was on 600 signatures, I was the 601st, but today it has increased fivefold. It closes on 4 August, which is Wednesday. All petitions with 10,000 signatures are considered for debate in the Senedd and that would be great although it seems a big ask to get…

Shall we build back better?

This petition is about what you would like the approach to be to a post-covid recovery. Do you want the three legs of the sustainability stool to be given strong emphasis or is cash king? I would be very keen to see this petition debated in parliament because it would form a brilliant platform for…

A quick mention to The Nature of Summer by Jim Crumley

I recently reviewed Jim Crumley’s book, Lakeland Wild, and loved it – see here. And Jim was kind enough to post a comment on that review recently. But publishers are no fools and those nice people in Saraband sent me another couple of Jim’s books, including this one, pointing out that it had recently been…