Today is St Swithin’s (or Swithun’s day) and by tradition the weather today will stick with us for the next 40 days. At the moment the sun is shining here in east Northants – I wonder! Whatever the weather, in 40 days the swifts will be largely departed and wader passage will be well underway. …
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It’s raining, raining, raining
It’s raining. It’s still raining. And when it rains on your parade, look up rather than down. Without the rain, there would be no rainbow. G K Chesterton A crown is merely a hat that lets the rain…
Worth a look, and then another look
You can get a sneak preview of one chapter of my new book, and so much more, by walking into your local WH Smith or similar and buying this annual. My article is about bird reintroductions and covers some of the material of Chapter 8 in Fighting for Birds – 25 years in nature conservation….
A bucolic scene
I just had to take a ‘snap’ (although iPhones make a faint buzz rather than a snap) of these flowers, as I have seen so few this year. Where was I, do you think? Answer at ‘end of day’. Answer: thank you for some good guesses, and some well argued thoughts and near…
See you at the Bird Fair and five campaigning opportunities
It’s about six weeks until the Bird Fair (and two weeks until the Game Fair). I hope to be at the Bird Fair on all three days signing copies of my book which will soon be available. One evening after being at the Bird Fair I usually sit outside my house in the garden with…