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…
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I hope they sink (IV)
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…
It always surprises me
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…
What can one person do?
I was recently sent this link by a friend of my daughter – it tells an inspiring story about a man who planted a forest. Have you planted your forest yet? Have you started? People quite often ask me whether I miss the RSPB and my usual answer is along the lines of : No….
I hope they sink (III)
This is the third blog on the subject of the Cambridge University Boat Club’s misguided plans to erect their new boathouse on a county wildlife site on the edge of Ely. Today the Duke of Edinburgh visits Cambridge to be at the launch of the Cambridge Conservation Initiative. Prince Philip was the Chancellor of…