My views on HS2 have changed over time. I started being philosophically in favour (infrastructure improvement, investment during a time of austerity, linking the country, trains) but thinking that it would probably never happen, and then, as I learned more about it, to being practically against (overpriced for the returns, unnecessarily damaging route) but thinking…
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GCSE in natural history on the cards?
This looked like potentially good news and if there is some truth in it then it represents a rather rapid victory for Mary Colwell’s campaign. On this blog Mary has written about her ideas a few times, starting with A Natural History GCSE in 23 November 2012, and then Natural History GCSE (2) in October…
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A mixed portfolio
Yes, practical steps are great but political ones are the kind that actually make a difference. That was a quote from a few days ago and from a very thoughtful comment on this blog by Stuart MacKay. The comment was thoughtful but I think this phrase was … well … wrong actually. But it does…
Resolutions
This time last year this was what I resolved; You can decide for yourselves how I did but the fact that you are reading these words might mean that you are still giving me a chance. My own assessment would be I have stood up for nature, I have not been too gratuitously nasty, I…
Looking back at 2019 – November and December
The Conservative party won a crucial general election with a slogan, and a manifesto woefully short of environmental policy. This was because the electorate vote with their hearts not their heads and Labour had not given enough people an emotional reason to vote for change. But the slogan will prove to be false and the…
Looking back at 2019 – Jan – March
I was out on 1 January last year doing a winter farmland bird survey where I was rewarded by first hearing and then seeing a Wood Lark in east Northants. That was a good way to start the year. A post on 2 January predicted that it was going to be a bad year for…
There’s money in Jay feathers
Smart bird! Quite a looker. Those blue feathers are very attractive aren’t they? And you can buy Jay feathers – not from a Jay of course but from various sources on the internet. Some of these vendors make great play of the fact that the feathers are ‘ethically sourced’ from licensed gamekeepers ‘in accordance with…
Dreaming of a white Christmas
This blog will return with new content on Friday 27 December. I wish all readers of this blog, whatever their views, a safe and enjoyable Christmas.