Fineshade Wood should be an SSSI

Mr James Cross, Chief Executive Natural England, Foss House, Kings Pool, 1-2 Peasholme Green York YO1 7PX   Dear Mr Cross We are writing to ask Natural England to consider, as a matter of urgency, the complex of woodland known as Fineshade Wood (SP99) in Northamptonshire for notification as a Site of Special Scientific Interest…

My NGO disinvestment policy

In March, of course I was struck by the fact that LACS supported our e-petition to ban driven grouse shooting but I didn’t have any spare dosh to give them after giving over £150 to the BirdLife appeal, linked to Champions of the Flyway, to support work by the Hellenic Ornithological Society to combat illegal…

Talking

It seems a long time ago that I spoke to the Devon Birds society and the Somerset Ornithological Society – but both were great evenings. Thank you! Next week it is back to Devon and the RSPB Exeter group on Tuesday, then east Surrey RSPB group on Wednesday and RSPB central London group on Thursday!