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Vishal writes: This is a male Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher. I always refer to this bird as the Colour Bomb of the Western Ghats. This bird becomes extremely active and vocal during the monsoons when the semi evergreen forests of the Ghats really turn into a dark maze as the cloud cover thickens and the undergrowth…

This is a selection of bird songs – quite an eclectic selection from Caspian Snowcock to Greater Hoopoe-Lark and from Marsh Sandpiper to Wood Warbler by way of Gyr Falcon, Western Olivaceous Warbler and Red-rumped Wheatear. This is the first time that The Sound Approach has produced recordings on vinyl. For young readers, vinyl is…

Writing to your MP is one thing (a thing to which I’ll come back) but after you have written then you are likely to receive a reply. Here is a checklist of things to do when you get a response from your MP: enjoy the yellow envelope with the portcullis on it, and the thick…

If you’d like to enter this blog’s writing competition then you had better get a move on – entries close at midnight tonight. Your task is to write a review of George Monbiot’s Feral and send it to me at mark@markavery.info.  I’ve had some entries already but not so many as to make you think…

You might find this interview with me interesting, and I found the earlier interview with Dusty Gedge an interesting read. I wonder who will be next?

From the Fareshare website:   ‘FareShare’s guidance on wild game FareShare can accept wild game providing it meets EU standards for human consumption. Following FSA advice, we are unable to redistribute game to charities where pregnant women or women trying for children, toddlers or children are being fed. Wild game products must always be accompanied…