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…
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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…
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
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…