See this piece in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror which is already online. @HuntingSolution is followed by 1000 people – I would just ask them whether they follow this account because of, or despite this type of ignorant rudeness. I haven’t seen a RT of any of this by Nicholas Soames MP and I rather hope he…
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Happy Birthday Sir David!
Happy Birthday Sir David! 90 years young and an inspiration to so many of us. Last week Sir David launched London Wildlife Trust’s Woodberry Wetlands nature reserve, where he said: ‘Contact with the natural world isn’t a luxury… it is actually a necessity for all of us. All we know about the natural world…
Congratulations to Andy Wightman
Any friend of Henry is a friend of mine! And now Henry has a friend in Holyrood as a successful Green Party candidate on the Lothian regional list. Andy Wightman co-authored a report on grouse shooting with Ruth Tingay last year. A nation celebrates – but I don’t see Scottish Land and Estates Doug McAdam…
Say No thanks! to destruction of wildlife sites on Gwent Levels – TODAY please.
Whether you call the Gwent Levels a Futurescape or a Living Landscape, or just a really nice place which is rich in wildlife, you might rather see it protected than wrecked by a motorway (see here and here). I know I would. So why not say so? I already have. The RSPB has made it…
Professor Carl Jones Wins 2016 Indianapolis Prize
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Prof Carl Jones has won the prestigious, and valuable, Indianapolis Prize for 2016. I’m a fan of his – so I am very pleased. “The Indianapolis Prize has two primary functions,” said Michael I. Crowther, President & CEO of the Indianapolis Zoological Society, which administers the award. “First, it rewards and honors animal conservationists who…
Right technology – wrong place!
To: Blue Sky Energy: dudu@blueskyenergy.co.il Kibbutz Eilot: zuko@keilot.co.il and talia@keilot.co.il EDF: actionnaire@edf.fr My Serious Concerns regarding the proposed Wind Farm near Eilat, Israel I have just returned from Eilat, Israel after taking part in “Champions of the Flyway,” one of the most important events in the birding conservation calendar worldwide. While in Eilat…
Northants gleanings
It’s been good to visit some local sites over the last few days and check up on how Spring is progressing. At Glapthorn Wood on Friday evening it felt more like winter than spring. But a Nightingale sang in brief snatches, and without much enthusiasm: certainly not with ‘full-throated ease’. But he was there and…
Where was I? The answer.
I spent some time in France, in the Languedoc, and mostly in the Aude and Herault. Very nice too, although we discovered the Tramontane wind. Not Spain or Portugal – but almost as good and not so far away. 133 species of birds in four days at a civilised pace with good food, good…
Where was I – 5?
I spent four days abroad last week – birdwatching, drinking red wine, eating oysters and having a great time with friends. Where might I have been? Here are a series of teasing clues, I hope, to get you thinking. Answer at 1800. Clue 7: there was a passage of Black Kites, Buzzards, Osprey and Marsh…
Where was I – 4?
I spent four days abroad last week – birdwatching, drinking red wine, eating oysters and having a great time with friends. Where might I have been? Here are a series of teasing clues, I hope, to get you thinking. One more clue at 1600 and then the answer at 1800. Clue 6: we saw Yellow-legged…