Natural England looks for a scientist

The Natural England Board is looking for a scientist. This type of role might once have looked quite attractive when Natural England was seen as an organisation that worked hard for the conservation of nature, but is now far less attractive when it is difficult to see Natural England as anything other than a rather…

Back to normal?

After the run-in to the end of the e-petition to ban driven grouse shooting (which keeps edging upwards, but stands at 33,647 signatures), and a week of blogs about lead, it’s time to get back to normal (for a while). January was, however, a record month for this blog, with a record number of unique…

Quite surprising really

That was fun – and surprisingly rich in birds. Final tally: Reed Bunting 2 Blackbird 3 Chaffinch 3 Great Tit 1 House Sparrow 7 Greenfinch 10 Starling 10 Woodpigeon 1 Dunnock 2 Goldfinch 3 Blue Tit 2 Robin 1 Collared Dove 2 I’ve just checked last year’s results – amazingly similar! Last year the species…

Remember to…

Remember to do your Big Garden BirdWatch today if you didn’t do it yesterday. I hope to do mine this morning although rain is forecast so it may be postponed until the afternoon. I’ll keep you posted.