Chris Packham has released a short video to thank the people who have supported him after the Countryside Alliance demanded that the BBC should sack him. It’s worth a look – it’s only a bit over six minutes long. As well as thanking the 70,000+ people who signed an e-petition to support him, Chris asks…
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Is it moving?
Andy Richardson’s e-petition asking the BBC to sack Chris Packham may have died. It certainly is difficult to discern signs of life. It’s stuck on c2,500 signatures, just as it was yesterday and the day before. Whereas, whoever posted the e-petition asking the BBC not to sack Chris must be pleased that it is into…
Not exactly a book review
I’m sorry I haven’t had time to write a book review this week – let alone to read a book. But there is a book link in this blog. If you want to understand why the Countryside Alliance want Chris Packham to be sacked by the BBC then you only have to read his Foreword…
H&OT blah blah blah blah blah
In a letter in yesterday’s Times (what an awful paper it is these days – I didn’t buy it, I promise) there was a letter by the Hawk and Owl Trust chair Philip Merricks. Apparently ‘no conservation body is doing more to bring the illegal persecution of hen harriers to an end’ than the Hawk…
You can do this… (1)
This is the first of a series of blogs to help you to help Hen Harriers and the upland environment by increasing the pressure on the Westminster government to ban driven grouse shooting. This suggestion depends on you having a Twitter account. If you don’t, then maybe you should consider getting one, but there will…
These children want to grow up to see Hen Harriers (2)
Abbie Harrison-Evans is pretty clear that she would like us all to Save the Hen Harrier! This is the second poster design by children from the Wollaton Park Wildlife Watch group, whose leader Helen Mitchem, was present at, and inspired by, Hen Harrier Day in the Goyt Valley (click here for Benjamin’s poster from…
These children want to grow up to see Hen Harriers (1)
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Benjamin Bishop is pretty clear that he would like us all to Save the Hen Harrier! This is the first of a couple of poster designs by children from the Wollaton Park Wildlife Watch group, whose leader Helen Mitchem, was present at, and inspired by, Hen Harrier Day in the Goyt Valley. Benjamin is too…
Letter to my MP
Dear Mr Pursglove I am a constituent of yours and, although it is extremely unlikely that I will ever vote for you, I would like to wish you well during your period as an MP. Being an MP is a great opportunity and also a great responsibility. I hope that your stay in the House…
Guest blog – Photographing Hen Harriers by Gordon Yates
Gordon Yates is a photographer who has been an RSPB member for 60 years and a ringer with BTO for 41 years. He is credited with discovering the population of Hen Harriers on Islay in the 1970s and by 1983 proved that there were up to 50 pairs breeding. (In 1989 Gordon ringed 86 pulli…
Happy publisher and a question for you.
I saw my commissioning editor at Bloomsbury, Jim Martin, last week. He seems delighted with me – he even bought me a cup of coffee! Inglorious must be selling well! We talked about the paperback which will come out next July and will include a brief update on this year, 2015. But, sensing that Jim…