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I’m worried about this post-truth label. It seems to have gathered a lot of credence in a very short period and I don’t like the picture it paints. First though, as was pointed out to me, we haven’t exactly been living in a present-truth world for the last few decades, have we? Have we all…

Dr Martin Warren OBE! One brilliant entomologist? Our butterfly expert? Many congratulations to Martin! What a nice way to end 2016.

  In December 1860, the fourth Baron Lilford found seven White-fronted Geese in his meadows at Aldwincle in the Nene Valley near his home of Lilford Hall. In his book, Notes on the Birds of Northamptonshire and Neighbourhood Vol 1 (1895), Lilford describes the species as visiting Northamptonshire occasionally ‘in small numbers, generally in the…

    Please sign Chris Packham’s e-petition and sign up to the thunderclap to spread the word.

According to the Daily Express the Turtle Dove is making a massive comeback and you only really need to look out of the window, right now, to see one, or two, or probably a few. Happy Christmas Daily Express picture editor! Coo!

I’m grateful to the PDNP for coming back to me, a member of the public, very quickly with information on the retrospective invalid planning application for the track pictured above and written about back in May.  This is now an enforcement matter and therefore not in the public domain, but I’ll be checking regularly to…

It’s good to hear that various statutory agencies are jumping around and paying attention following the publication of some photos here on Wednesday of the condition of a public right of way and a designated site.  Well done Bob Berzins for highlighting this issue and bringing it to the attention of those who ought to…

I’ll be working hard over the Christmas break – well, I’ll be luxuriating in looking at some of the best bird photographs ever!  I’m the least knowledgeable judge on the panel of the Bird Photographer of the Year 2017 competition. Having peeked at some of the entries it’s going to be great fun and very…

  Defra is responsible for our wildlife but if you try to get some information from the Defra media team about wildlife it certainly looks as though the subject has dropped off the agenda. Wildlife is the last mentioned in a section on water, environment and wildlife and doesn’t get a mention in the following…