Spurn – a long way to go

  I visited Spurn Point on Monday.  The wind was from the south-east, it was the end of October and I was on the east coast.  It could only mean one thing – it was a bit nippy! No, no, the only thing it could mean was that there was a chance of rare birds,…

Liz Truss – where is your signature?

The environment ministers of Croatia, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Poland, Romania, Slovenia and Spain have written to the EU Environment Commissioner, M Vella, who hails himself from Malta, calling for the Birds Directive and Habitat Directive to be maintained, un-merged and better implemented. These countries represent well over half, and close to two thirds, of…

Oscar Dewhurst – Red Deer

Oscar writes: I’m back at uni in Durham until Christmas now, so won’t really be taking any photographs until then. Luckily I still have plenty from the past year that I haven’t shown here yet! Here’s one taken a few weeks ago; I spent several early mornings in Richmond Park before I left for uni,…