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I’ve had a bout of man-flu recently, so I have been feeling sorry for myself and listening to lots of Radio 4 (and I’ve discovered more of the pleasures of Radio 4Extra). One of the stories that played through the last week or so was the temporary closure of Leeds General Infirmary for heart surgery. …

  – quite some time ago I mentioned a joint statement by the GWCT and the RSPB on the results of the study of raptors gobbling up red grouse which took place at Langholm.  I’m grateful to GWCT for putting this report on their website where anyone can now refresh their memories of the results…

A couple of weekends ago I was driving down to Surrey.  There was snow in the fields and snow and ice on the branches of the trees.  The wind had been consistently from the east for days.  It was a grey and chill day. As I drove south down the M1 I passed through several…

Something for the weekend Vice Chancellor? I’m quite sure that the Vice Chancellor of Cambridge University, Professor Sir Leszek Borysiewicz, will have been thinking about his boathouse conundrum.  Here are some contributions for his weekend cogitation. It’s not going to go away – you are stick with a contentious issue.  Sometimes it’s tempting to think…

When I am filling in a list of species seen at my local patch of Stanwick Lakes on the fairly wonderful Birdtrack something always trips me up, mentally speaking. I go through the list in systematic order ticking off the usual mute swan, greylag and Canada geese, followed by a bunch of ducks.  Then there…