Next week, on Saturday 25 June, whether we have voted Brexit or Remain, there will be a Hen Harrier rally to mark this year’s virtual absence of nesting Hen Harriers from the English uplands. Full details will appear here and elsewhere next Wednesday but we have now been told by the organisers that it will…
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Saturday cartoon by Ralph Underhill
Remarkable
I have it on good authority (though not absolutely cast-iron I would admit) that Defra minister(s) have asked, through the Defra Press Office, that the Natural England Press Office don’t bother to include any links to this blog in media summaries they send to Defra, as ministers won’t read them. That’s not remarkable – but…
Will football results affect the EU referendum?
I’ll be watching ‘the’ football match this afternoon and wondering whether the result might affect the EU referendum. And if it does – how? If Wales beats England today, and I certainly wouldn’t rule it out, how will that affect English voters in the EU referendum? And Welsh ones, and Scots and those in…
Lack of vowels shock, warning by wildlife gunners
The GWCT (Gunning wildlife, conserving tadpoles) thrash around in a complete dither these days. They don’t know whether they are coming or going – quite literally. Having said that they would be pleased to field someone for the Bird Fair debate on whether driven grouse shooting should be banned they have now come back to…