As a volunteer, I spend about a day a week from late October through to Easter cutting down trees. ‘Shock horror!’ say the urban tree-huggers. Actually, I could equally have written that I spend a day a week engaged in the traditional rural craft of coppicing. I prefer to think of it as the latter….
Category: BLOGS by guest authors
Builders’ Beatitudes by Diogenes
Guest blog – Grouse Shooting, a Track and the Law by Bob Berzins
Bob is a campaigner and activist. His novel Snared will be available in the new year. Grouse Shooting, a Track and The Law I arrived at a workshop to be greeted by a land agent as if I was a long lost friend, then spent the morning in a group with one of his gamekeepers…
Guest blog?
Do you have a guest blog inside you which is struggling to get out? Send me your suggested guest blog and I may be able to publish it between Christmas and the New Year. I’m happy to consider guest blogs from any part of the UK (and potentially beyond) from bloggers of any age and…
Guest blog – Licensed Badger Killing; Ethical Considerations by Alick Simmons
Alick Simmons is a veterinarian, naturalist and photographer. He lives in Somerset. He has written several guest blogs here: The Ethics of Animal Exploitation 1, 2, 3, 4 and UK Guardians of Animal Welfare. His Twitter handle: @alicksimmons Licensed badger killing is an integral part of the Government’s strategy to eradicate bovine tuberculosis (bTB) from…
Guest blog – Langholm Moor Community Buyout by Kevin Cumming
My name is Kevin Cumming, I work for the Langholm Initiative charity, based in the town of Langholm in Dumfries and Galloway. I hold a BA (hons) in Business Administration and an MSc in Conservation and Management of Protected Areas. Currently I manage the LI’s Wild Eskdale project which aims to promote eco-tourism in the…
Guest blogs
You could write one! I’m very grateful to all those who have ever written guest blogs here – they add variety (of style and subject) and take the pressure off me to find some words almost every day. I’d value some more guest blogs. Here is the very simple guidance on how to submit one…
Guest blog – Ghost Orchids by Paul Sterry
The last time I saw a Ghost Orchid Epipogium aphyllum in Britain was in 1986, at a site in the Home Counties. I think this was the final time the species was seen ‘officially’ in the 20th Century and it was deemed to be extinct until the discovery of a specimen a decade or so…
Stephen Moss’s 2019 Round-up of Nature books.
Stephen Moss has written a round-up of nature books for many years and this is the second year when it has appeared here on this blog. Stephen is course leader of the MA Travel & Nature Writing at Bath Spa University. His latest book, The Twelve Birds of Christmas, is published by Square Peg (£12.99)….
Guest Blog – ‘Glimmers of Hope’ revisited by the BTO’s David Noble
David Noble: I am the Principal Ecologist for Monitoring at the BTO and have been producing and reporting on annual updates of the Wild Bird Indicators for what feels like forever. My twitter name is @AparaNoble The recent publication of the government’s annual update of the Wild Bird Indicators has led to a difference in opinion…