Much has been written, and said, about the dire moral state of banking in the UK. I find it interesting that moving around bits of paper with numbers written on them should be expected to be a profession of high ethical status but in the old days (about 30 years ago) we are told that…
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Let’s hear it for the buzzard – and the osprey
I fled Scotland a day early and am now back home – the weather drove me away. I did consider turning up at the Scottish Game Fair on Friday, but standing around in the rain, in a soggy field full of people moaning about buzzards didn’t really appeal to me. I see they will get…
…and there was more
Yesterday’s blog ended before 9am on Tuesday morning with pine marten off the bucket list. But there was more… I spent more time enjoying the pine forest but then headed off. I stopped at Nethy Bridge and looked for dippers from the attractive stone bridge, but with no luck. Then it was off over the…
Timing
Do you have a bucket list– a list of things you want to do before you kick the bucket? I’ve just taken one off my list as I saw a much-wanted species in Abernethy Forest earlier this week. Timing is everything with wildlife isn’t it? Being in the wrong place at the wrong time clearly…
Great new Elizabethan naturalists – thoughts from Mark Avery
This was a fun poll – well, I enjoyed it anyway. I’m not surprised that Sir David Attenborough won – he is an impressive man who has motivated and inspired so many to care for the natural world. He cannot but be a worthy winner. But he didn’t get my vote – that went to…