Yesterday I talked to a journalist and sent him some information, sent the Wild Justice lawyers some carefully crafted thoughts, answered the front door several times as books and vegetables arrived, wrote my column for British Wildlife, wrote two blogs, picked some red tomatoes and a lot of green tomatoes, had conversations on the phone…
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In the garden for months
Apart from having my first ever flu jab I’ve mostly been sitting in the garden this morning – thinking. There are Skylarks flying over every now and again – so characteristic of fine days in October here. And there have been a few Red Admirals on the Ivy, among all the wasps, Ivy Bees (just…
My neighbour’s Walnut tree
I slightly covet my neighbour’s Walnut tree but I’m not sure how good the walnuts are. What I do know is that the local Jackdaws love them, as does what appears to be a single Rook. The Jackdaws seem to arrive just after 9am every morning (why then?) and take away individual walnuts in their…
Law Pod UK – reintroductions podcast
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Here’s a discussion of which I was a part, talking about reintroductions of Red Kites, White-tailed Eagles and potentially of Hen Harriers and listening to the story of the Short-haired Bumblebee. I’d have liked more on the bumblebee!
Phew! No red tag of shame.
Two weeks ago our recycling bin’s contents were rejected so yesterday we had a brim-full bin after a month. And it has all gone. Phew! It did make me think that aside from Christmas, we could probably manage with a monthly collection, or more easily every three weeks. And our rubbish bin of non-recyclable stuff…
The red tag of shame
The Avery household was thrown into paroxysms of self-doubt, mutual recrimination and abject shame when our recycling was rejected by the bin emptiers with a red tag of shame almost two weeks ago. We’re hoping to make the grade this week. Of course it was my fault. I had put a bag which I regarded…
The last time I was…
…in London… …was in February. That’s amazing – it must be several decades since I went six months without entering our capital city. Do I miss it? Not much. Do I miss the people I used to meet there – yes, some of them. Were all my journeys really necessary? No. Will I return to…
Extinction – the facts
Did you watch this yesterday evening? I did and I was a bit disappointed by it until it got onto the current and other pandemics. Yes the early part of the programme was interesting and beautifully filmed but there were rather too many talking heads whose soundbites were bookended by stunning or disturbing imagery. The…
Sunny September?
A warm, sunny day in September feels like a gift. A warm, sunny day in September with the buddleia in flower is even more of a gift. It’s Red Admiral time and there have been quite a few in the garden. They are beautiful and provide a wonderful end to butterfly times which started back…
Swifts
My run of seeing Swifts every day above my garden lasted from 1 May until 13 August – I think that is 105 days. They were difficult to get on the last couple of those days – both times it took until late evening to see one. But none on 14 and 15 August and…