Nice sunny day! Nice sunny crowd! A few puzzled looks from shoppers and people having their lunch as we strolled from the BBC Radio Northampton offices to the space outside All Saints church. The Northamptonshire poet, John Clare, when he was living in the Northampton mental asylum in his last years, came almost daily to…
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Hold the front page?
What do various website’s home pages say about the climate strike? Here are four websites where the message is prominent and positive; And here are some websites where one might have expected some mention of the climate strike but there isn’t… Likes(26)Dislikes(2)
Tick tock
Find your nearest strike here I’ll be heading in to Northampton on the bus. I doubt that the crowd will be quite as big as that pictured above but we’ll see… Climate StrikeStart: Friday, September 20, 2019 12:00 PM BBC Radio Northampton BBC Radio Northampton, Abington St, NN1 2BH Northampton, Northamptonshire NN1 2BH There’s a…
I’m thinking of doing this next year
This year I’ve been recording birds in/from my east Northants garden with a bit more effort and structure than usual. And it’s been a pretty good summer so sitting in the garden has been a frequent pleasure – and for a birder it’s impossible not to listen and look for birds continually. It was pointed…
Good report on a bad state of affairs
The lack of birds of prey, due to high levels of illegal persecution, in many upland so-called protected areas (AONBs and National Parks) is a disgrace that is becoming clearer and clearer to the public at large. And this report on the state of affairs for the Nidderdale AONB is another welcome step forward in…