Category: THE CARTOONS: by Ralph Underhill, Paul Thomas, Mr Carbo

Saturday cartoon by Ralph Underhill

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Mark writes: wouldn’t it be interesting to know what is in our politicians’ minds? There are some politicians who don’t seem to be able to open their mouths without putting their feet in them.  After they have perpetrated too many foot-in-mouths they seem to disappear from the scene.  Is there a cupboard in Whitehall which…

Saturday cartoon by Ralph Underhill (@cartoonralph)

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  Mark writes:  I’ve never seen a wild boar in the UK  – my sightings have all been in France and Spain. I was once told, in France, and in French but I think i got the right end of the stick, that the modern equivalent of pig-sticking (hunting boars with lances on horseback) involved…

The week in birding by Jonnie Fisk @jonniefisk

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Mark writes: I’ve been lucky enough to see a few spring migrants this week, whilst hearing almost every day that the death toll on Red Kites and Buzzards keeps rising in Ross-shire. This week I added Sedge Warbler, Ring Ousel (in a rabbit-grazed field in east Northamptonshire) and Garganey (in nearby Cambs) to my list…

The week in birding by Jonnie Fisk

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  Mark writes: The reward for information about the deaths of 12 Red Kites and four Buzzards in Ross-shire keeps increasing; £5k from the RSPB, £5k from an anonymous donor and over £1k from the public so far.  To contribute, visit this Just Giving page. Do Wood Ducks cross the Atlantic sometimes? And did the…

Saturday cartoon by Ralph Underhill

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Mark writes:  Ralph’s cartoon reminds me of a speech by Robert Kennedy as follows: University of Kansas, March 18, 1968 ‘Our Gross National Product, now, is over $800 billion dollars a year, but that Gross National Product – if we judge the United States of America by that – that Gross National Product counts air…