Little more than an hour ago Ed Hutchings launched a thunderclap to gather support for licensing of driven grouse shooting. Well done Ed! I look forward to seeing every RSPB social media account signing up to this with enthusiasm. I wonder how many supporters it will have by the end of the day? Let one…
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Apologies
Both Ralph’s and Paul’s cartoons are delayed due to Mark being in an attractive part of Sussex (although it is dark as I write this) which is so attractive that there is no WiFi and no phone signal.
Nottingham
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I’m heading up the railway line to Nottingham today to an event for young people organised by the Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust. Of course I’m looking forward to it. Here is a link to the Nottingham for Nature manifesto that has been produced by young people in the city. Looks pretty good to me.
The 25 year strategy
The government 25-year plan for the environment is a significant document. It covers most of the correct ground and says many good things. The proof of it, as noted by many others, will be in the extent to which it is delivered, but in six months Michael Gove has moved the Conservative Party quite some…
Well done Private Eye!
I’m looking very carefully at magazine wrappers that come through my letter box these days. I’m impressed (easily!) that Private Eye thinks that my copy is urgent but even more so by the very clear statement of the fact that this wrapper is recyclable and where it can be recycled (and has the logo to…
Yesterday
Yesterday: 1. I went for a walk: gosh it was cold! I went somewhere where a drake Smew had recently been seen, and the weather seemed perfect for a snow-white duck from the far north, but I didn’t see one. I did see a pair of Goosander and lots of other ducks but I actually…
Plastic wrappings
This is today’s third blog about the RSPB. First we had a good piece of research, then their cogitations on doing the right thing and now a confusing question about packaging of the magazine, Nature’s Home. When I came home from seeing Hawfinches yesterday there were two magazines waiting for me, Nature’s Home and Private…
Looking back over 2017
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I sometimes think that this blog only writes about banning driven grouse shooting – important though that is to me, it is not the only thing in the world. But looking back over the year and the blogs I have written myself, there is a fair amount of variety. Here are some blogs, one from…
Happy Christmas!
This blog will start posting again on 27 December
British Wildlife magazine
The December issue of British Wildlife came through my letter box yesterday but others must have got theirs earlier as I had a few emails and messages on social media about my column. Here’s a taster: ‘On the ground, local NE staff may well be doing their best, and will be doing some good, but…