The little bit of work I was doing at Womad was being a mentor to a young environmentalist – one Josh Gard. I’ll come back to Josh in a minute (but he’s the one smiling in the photo above). The event was run by Ecotricity (who supply my electricity and gas – they appear to…
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BBS
The latest Breeding Bird Survey report – for 2015 – is out. I collected data that went into this report, and I am proud that I did. I immediately turn to Table 4 – the summary of trends for the UK (and then look briefly at Table 5 – for England) – but this time…
Results of that survey
Thank you to over 1500 people who responded to my recent readers’ survey. Here are the summary results. First a few words about how the data were collected. People were asked to participate in four ways: through this blog, through my newsblast, through tweets on Twitter and through Facebook. In all those cases, anyone coming…
Slovakia
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I know more about Slovakia now, as we prepare this evening to play them at football, and on Thursday to vote whether to Remain in the EU with them, than I did when England and Wales were drawn in the same group as them and Russia in EURO2016. I know: I added White-backed Woodpecker…
Thank you Oxford
I enjoyed talking in Oxford last week – a lovely, lively crowd of people. And they said nice things about my talk on Twitter: @Abigail Motley Impassioned talk @MarkAvery @morethanadodo on destructive upland grouse shooting: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/125003 … @Jennifer Pitt7 Many thanks to @MarkAvery for an inspiring talk last night at Oxford’s @morethanadodo on why we should…
Otmoor
Last week I went to Otmoor. I like Otmoor. I go as often as I can – which isn’t that often (see here, here, here and here for some previous visits). As you can see, it was an overcast and dull morning weatherwise but an uplifting visit otherwise. In the winter it’s possible to see…
Cartoon delayed
Due to circumstances beyond Ralph’s control, and my control, his cartoon will appear later this evening. I was out for most of yesterday afternoon, all evening and into the early hours of today. I was at the Ricoh arena in Coventry at a Bruce Springsteen concert – and very good it was too. I was…
Search is on for Britain’s greenest youngsters
Ecotricity, the green energy company that supplies my electricity, is looking for the greenest youngsters in Britain. And by youngster we mean 11-16 year olds. If you are in the relevant age group and can submit your application (video, recording or written text) by 8 June you may win yourself and your parents a weekend…
Slovakia – Days 4 and 5
We were all a bit bushed after climbing up through the beech woods of Day 3 – or maybe it was the winetasting that did it? Have you ever had a red Dunaj from Slovakia? Quite a surprise – and an entirely pleasant one. Day 4 was a relaxed tour around some more wetland sites….
Slovakia – Day 3.
Many people would think of owls and woodpeckers if they think of Slovakia bird trips. We visited the Eye of the Sea, Morské oko, and walked around the attractive lake and then up to the top of a hill through the ancient beechwoods. No owls that we could see but plenty of woodpeckers: Grey Headed,…