Dear Syngenta Why didn’t you release the data on neonics to Prof Jeremy Greenwood when he asked you for them? Yours sincerely Dr Mark Avery See earlier blog.
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Down your lane…
I was driving down a country lane not far from home, a couple of months ago, when I noticed that the hedge on one side of the road was rather sparse; and then I noticed it was completely lifeless. I’ve never seen anything quite like it. And it wasn’t just a few metres, it went…
I felt I’d been lax
To cut a long story short I’ve just joined the League Against Cruel Sports as a member. This is largely because they have supported Hen Harrier Day and our e-petition so helpfully. But there are some other reasons, too. First, I have got such a lot of abuse from people on Twitter over this e-petition…
Vote for Policies
Vote for Policies is a website that allows you to compare the policies of political parties on areas that interest you (eg the environment) without being told which party’s they are, and then lets you see which political party is closest to your own view of the world. I used it in the 2010 general…
FoI Friday – 5
This is a copy of my earlier blog post but now including the Peak District National Park’s rapid and helpful response to points 1 and 2. They tell me that they are checking on point 3 now. Dear Peak District National Park This is a request under the Freedom of Information regulations, but in…
Martha and Martha 2 and a great review in the Independent
The World at One say they had such a strong response to the chat between Martha Kearney and me on the subject of Passenger Pigeons that they have put up a separate link to it and included a film of the interview too – click here to hear and see the interview. I also enjoyed…
Katy’s diner
I’m getting very attached to the Peak District National Park. The more time I spend there, the more I’d like to spend there. Last week I drove through the western side of the park, past signposts to Wildboarclough and then past the Goyt Valley, through Buxton (the Bath of the North? Or is Bath the…
What they say 3:
Office of National Statistics, 29 May 2014: ‘The inclusion of illegal drugs and prostitution is likely to increase the level of GDP in 2009 by around £10 billion, around £5.3 billion attributable to prostitution and £4.4 billion attributable to illegal drugs. In all years between 1997 and 2009 the impact ranges from £7 billion to…
It’s the salty one
James Cross is the new Chief Exec of Natural England – he is the salty one. This represents a victory of the politicians and Andrew Sells, the NE Chair, over the Defra civil servants. Quite right too. But rumour has it that NE might have chosen a proper nature conservationist or two for their Board…
Four butterfly moments
Number 1: I spent five minutes in the garden, looking at my ‘meadow’ and ended up looking at a Meadow Brown (so it must be a meadow, mustn’t it?). Aren’t butterflies lovely? But wouldn’t they look quite ugly if they didn’t have such amazing wings? Have you ever looked at a butterfly’s face and body? …