The 10th anniversary New Networks for Nature conference is this week, starting on Thursday evening and ending Saturday afternoon. I’ll be there on the Friday and I am particularly looking forward to the chat between Caroline Lucas and Barbara Young. Click here for more details – please note, ticket sales close at 9am on Wednesday…
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It seems appropriate today to mention this review of a book about Second World War British prisoners of war. Birds in a Cage by Derek Niemann was reviewed here on 14 November 2012. An extract: Birds in a Cage is the story of four British prisoners of war, Second Lieutenant Peter Conder, Second Lieutenant John…
Remember
The children at this local school are young enough to be my grandchildren. My two grandfathers were either down a Welsh coalmine or looking after horses on the Front in the First World War. I don’t remember my grandfathers because they both died when I was very young but their wives were important characters in…
The banned Iceland Christmas video
Great publicity for Iceland stores, and odd that this could not be broadcast…
Cross? No, staff are quite pleased actually…
James Cross steps down today and Marian Spain of Plantlife appointed interim Chief Executive of Natural England. See announcement here on the awful GOV.UK site.
No ordinary bird!
I came across this card whilst on a secret mission…somewhere in the general area of the Cotswolds. There are several people to whom I can imagine sending a card headed ‘No ordinary bird’ and obviously the Hen Harrier is no ordinary bird to me, and many readers of this blog. But I was interested when…
Protecting Little Terns with EU help
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Juvenile Little Tern. Photo: Tim Melling A press release issued by the RSPB on behalf of themselves, Cumbria Wildlife Trust, Denbighshire County Council, Durham County Council, Industry Nature Conservation Association (INCA), Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust, National Trust, Natural England, Northumberland County Council/Northumberland Coast AONB and Spurn Bird Observatory Trust. ‘Terning’ the tide – protecting a small…
A video for Rural Crime Day
It’s Rural Crime Day today – did you know? Neither did I until a few moments ago. This video was published over a month ago but I missed it. It’s the work of Carla Slack, Emma Williams and Liam Shevill at Leeds Arts University for the RSPB. Good isn’t it?
Another message from another NE staff member
An NE staff member writes: I work for NE and I applaud your bashing of us, despite how terrible it makes me feel. Keep up the good work, we’ll be abolished soon, given that we seemingly have no support from anywhere. Hopefully I’ll still have a career in the aftermath. However, there is some good…
A response from NE
The folowing, received on Friday morning, refers to this. Dear Mr Mark Avery, Thank you for your complaint of Friday the 2nd of November 2018 with regards to FOI requests. We are committed to fully investigating all complaints from our customers and you will receive a response at stage 1 of the complaints process no later…