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A mixed portfolio
Yes, practical steps are great but political ones are the kind that actually make a difference. That was a quote from a few days ago and from a very thoughtful comment on this blog by Stuart MacKay. The comment was thoughtful but I think this phrase was … well … wrong actually. But it does…
Resolutions
This time last year this was what I resolved; You can decide for yourselves how I did but the fact that you are reading these words might mean that you are still giving me a chance. My own assessment would be I have stood up for nature, I have not been too gratuitously nasty, I…
Looking back at 2019 – November and December
The Conservative party won a crucial general election with a slogan, and a manifesto woefully short of environmental policy. This was because the electorate vote with their hearts not their heads and Labour had not given enough people an emotional reason to vote for change. But the slogan will prove to be false and the…
Looking back at 2019 – Jan – March
I was out on 1 January last year doing a winter farmland bird survey where I was rewarded by first hearing and then seeing a Wood Lark in east Northants. That was a good way to start the year. A post on 2 January predicted that it was going to be a bad year for…
There’s money in Jay feathers
Smart bird! Quite a looker. Those blue feathers are very attractive aren’t they? And you can buy Jay feathers – not from a Jay of course but from various sources on the internet. Some of these vendors make great play of the fact that the feathers are ‘ethically sourced’ from licensed gamekeepers ‘in accordance with…
Dreaming of a white Christmas
This blog will return with new content on Friday 27 December. I wish all readers of this blog, whatever their views, a safe and enjoyable Christmas.
More reading over the Christmas break
Spiny Lobsters, Breckland moths, Little Terns and articles about future land use and changing naturalists as well as some regular favourites, of which by greatest favourite is the ancient and wise Twitcher in the Swamp.
From the Guardian…
Sir Stephen Houghton, the Labour leader of Barnsley council, said … there needed to be a review of whether agricultural practices upstream, such as the burning of heather moorland and removal of peat, were causing rainwater to rush downstream and rivers to burst their banks in residential areas. PM urged to overhaul flood defence funding…
A few things…
I got an email response from SNH today with some clarification of the information on wild hacking. I’ve altered Wednesday’s blog post accordingly. The effect of this is that it appears that the absences of birds at hack were much shorter in time than I had thought – that’s quite important. 2. Labour doesn’t appear…