Dear Andy I’m a bit late with this letter but I’d like to thank you for the way you have dealt with previous ones. In the run up to the EU elections on 22 May I’m sure we are all thinking about the UK’s place in Europe. You have probably noticed the coverage of…
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Nightingales
I’m lucky – although, actually, luck didn’t have that much to do with it; I live in the countryside. This means that I can drive for 20 minutes, as I did on Saturday evening, and stand in an ancient woodland at dusk and listen to Nightingales singing. I do this every year – and it…
Letter in a battle – Spring Migrant Massacre on Malta
This letter was sent to the EU Environment Commissioner on 24 April about the role of the European Commission in sorting out the Spring massacre of migrants in Malta. Here is a quote from it: “In view of the abundant evidence presented to the European Commission about the systemic failures in the application of the…
Nearer to home
It’s not just in Malta that birds of prey are killed illegally, of course. My nearest station is at Wellingborough, and because I am always early I get to do a few minutes birding from the station platform every now and then. Waxwing, a flock of them, is my ‘best’ bird from the station but…
Malta and the Spring Massacre
Chris Packham and team have done a great job in publicising events on Malta over the last 10 days. This was a self-funded project done for the love of birds. And what a great example it has been of the use of celebrity to promote a cause. If you haven’t seen the videos from Malta…