Dear Mr Pursglove

Dear Mr Pursglove May I thank you for your response to my previous letter on Fineshade Wood. I very much appreciated it and I am glad that I can agree with my local MP on a very local issue. Thank you again. Now that the weather has turned to a more reasonable and seasonal temperature…

Another BBS first visit

I surveyed my second BBS square on Tuesday morning.  It was sunny and there were lots of birds. This site starts and ends in a village which is packed full of birds; heads out along the River Nene where there are quite a lot of birds; and then before returning to the village traverses some…

Professor Carl Jones Wins 2016 Indianapolis Prize

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…

Silent spring?

The Messenger is a film about songbirds – and the problems they face. It seems as though the US critics love it to bits…   “Stunning” — Hollywood Reporter “Provocative and beautiful” — Village Voice “Powerful” — A New York Times Critics’ Pick    …and you, and I, can see what we think at various…