‘So, this is a grouse butt’ says Henry. Wouldn’t it be a laugh if more people had a look at them and had their photographs taken in them? A kind of ‘Occupy the Butts’ movement? I’m sure there will be places to put such images later in the year. Vote for Hen Harrier as our…
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Does your CEO tweet?
It may be, though it seems unlikely, that the gene for being a Chief Executive also removes your interest in social media. Prompted by the arrival of the CEO of Wildlife and Countryside link on Twitter, @ElaineWCL, I thought I’d just run through the other CEOs of wildlife conservation organisations who are on Twitter (and…
Client Earth – exhausted but victorious?
I suppose that it is just possible that a UK run by Nigel Farage or Gideon Osborne might care more about its citizens and set even lower targets for nitrogen dioxide than those set by the straight-banana people in Brussels – it’s possible but very unlikely. A UK spokesman said ‘Killing our citizens has been…
Henry at Snilesworth
So, we went to Snilesworth – and it was a sunny early morning. Henry got a bit distracted here because he started chasing Meadow Pipits and saying that there were lots of voles around. It looked a good place to nest. But there weren’t any ringtails here for him. And he asked what the…
Henry wonders which way to go…
Henry thought that Snilesworth sounded like a nice place – ‘Very Yorkshire!’ he said – so I told him a bit about its unfortunate history back a long time ago – see here. Mr Mark Osborne seems to have managed the site since 2000 and delivered a record grouse shooting day for the North York…
Henry goes to Yorkshire
A large bit of heather moorland in the north of England? Must be lots of ringtails up here thought Henry! I told him that it might be a bit of a struggle to find any girlfriends up here but he was adamant. North Yorkshire (includes North York Moors National Park & Yorkshire Dales NP) is…
Liberal Democrat manifesto
In 2010, the Liberal Democrat manifesto did not have a section on the environment because these matters were scattered through the whole manifesto – very trendy and imaginative and rather hopeless! This time around it’s easier to see what they are on about, which is good, because there is much in here to like although…
Royal Baby name – could it be Henry?
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As a staunch Royalist (pictured here at the very gates of Sandringham) Henry is agog over the royal baby. Betting suggests that we should expect a girl (must be some inside information) but if it were a boy then wouldn’t Henry be a good name? You can get 33/1 with Betfair. And have you noticed…
Henry goes to Holkham
Henry likes going to posh houses. He enjoyed his visit to Holkham Hall where he saw Buzzards and Red Kites flying over the parkland. That’s a very good sign of progress don’t you think? Henry did think that the Palladian revival architecture was slightly marred by that large marquee thing – is it a tea…
Two Reed Buntings
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There are two gorgeous, beautiful, male Reed Buntings that are still visiting the garden together. They must be half a mile, in a straight line, from the nearest possible nesting habitat so I am interested in their behaviour. Could they be miniature Tory canvassers trying to highlight the Conservative success in introducing same sex marriage…