We’d just been to Balmoral (oops! – haven’t told you about that one yet) and this place seemed to ring a bell or two so we stopped to have a look and a photo. I’ve noticed, because it’s me taking the photos, that there is a difference between how men and women react as they…
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Henry enters a National Park
Henry enters the Cairngorms National Park – more raptors on the logo than in the park? #HaveYouSeenHenry? Keep in touch with Hen Harrier Day events through this website.
Puffins, red-faced with embarrassment
It’s been a bad few weeks for the Puffin – only tenth in the vote for our national bird and listed in the European Red List of birds. It’s not having a good 2015. The first was just a bit of fun, the latter is a matter of life and extinction. The Puffin is one…
Stody estate
RPA – what’s happening? See here, here, here
Robin breasts the tape first
Congratulations to the Robin! The winner of the vote for the national bird (whatever that means!). And congratulations to David Lindo for organising such a fun poll – and look out for a review of his new book here on Sunday. What does it mean that the Robin is our national bird? Well, first of…
Coming up soon on Springwatch unsprung
…the results of the vote for a national bird – on BBC2 at 9pm. Will Henry the Hen Harrier win? I would somehow doubt it! Getting into the final ten is quite an achievement for a lovelorn six-foot Hen Harrier. If the Hen Harrier comes higher than tenth it will be an enormous achievement. And…
Henry – Lanarking about
We’re back in Scotland! I’m fairly sure Lanarkshire is in Scotland but I don’t know much about it. And it seems that Henry will be safe and sound – as far as driving is concerned anyway. There’s a bit of grouse moor in the background. Henry may have to go and have a look over…
Henry at Geltsdale – the only grey in the village?
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Henry called in at Geltsdale a while ago – he said he thought that he was the only grey male in the village. I don’t know quite what he was on about. Here is Henry looking intently at the interpretation boards in the car park. He also met a very cheery postman and some…
Four things that I share with Stephen Tindale
I can think of four things that I share with Stephen Tindale, the former boss of Greenpeace (and former Special Advisor to Michael Meacher). They are: 1. This blog – as Stephen wrote a Guest Blog about the EU here back in February. 2. A belief that nuclear energy should play a part in our…
Did you just try to post a ‘two names’ comment here?
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A little while ago (this evening) someone tried to post a very interesting comment on this blog. He named a couple of grouse moor managers and said a lot of interesting things. The comment might have been libellous – but a light edit might have made it non-libellous. I contacted the author of the comment…