Shy albatrosses or Shy Albatrosses?

Some years ago I switched from the convention to which I had grown accustomed at the RSPB of not capitalising birds’ common names to the alternative. So whereas Falco subbuteo used to be the hobby it then became the Hobby and whereas I still wrote of gulls, I started writing about Herring Gulls rather than…

The biggest HHDay so far

Early news of attendances at Hen Harrier Day rallies is as follows: Rainham Marshes 450 Arne 500 Sheffield 350 Boat of Garten 200 Loch Leven 200 Glenarriff 75 Mull 75 Bowland tbc Rhum tbc Eigg tbc Many thanks to all who attended and made this the biggest ever, and to all the individual event organisers…