Well, not so good for some of us, and not so good for the environment, but a very clear result. I managed to stay up until after 01:30 this morning and saw Sue Hayman, a good Shadow Environment Secretary, lose her seat at Workington. And then I woke again just a little while before 06:00…
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Still a remarkably good Christmas present
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Available from all good bookshops and online.
Will this work? I have my doubts.
We have bought a Christmas tree in a pot – and the idea is that we use it this year, keep it alive and then use it again next year. Sounds good in theory but it depends on the ‘keeping it alive’ bit, doesn’t it? I’m hoping that at least I don’t kill it before…
Seven Worlds, One Planet (7)
Well that’s it – no continents left! We finished with Africa. Cheetahs, Elephants, White Rhinos and all that stuff. The Brown Hyaena was rather good. What will I and millions of others do for an hour next Sunday? But much more importantly what will we all do in our separate few minutes on Thursday? David…
From Private Eye
Almost worthy of our own Diogenes…
Chris Packham on trees
I think that Evan Davies is a brilliant presenter of PM and I was pleased to hear him trying to get a word in edgeways with Chris Packham yesterday. Now I assume that Chris was speaking from his home in the New Forest and Evan Davies was in some radio studio far away and so…
Ringers kill that bird!
Subject: BTO: Updated guidance on the release of non-native species – Important: please read Dear In recent years the Government has been reviewing legislation around non-native species with the aim of limiting their impact on native wildlife. Under the Wildlife & Countryside Act (1981), it is illegal to release any plant or animal into the…
Seven Worlds, One Planet (6)
For the penultimate programme (or, more appropriately, ‘program’ (although not necessarily)) we were in North America. I like North America. The fireflies were stars, but the Prairie Dogs (which I think were filmed in the Badlands NP but I might be wrong) were CLRs (see here and here for more on CLRs). Roadrunners are amazing….
Friday evening
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I can’t make this one so if you go, please tell me what happened. Venue details – click here.
No change at DEFRA
It could almost be the dead hand of Therese Coffey living on… It is, of course, wonderful that Rebecca Pow is the Species Champion for the Snipe (because of the Somerset Levels population in her constituency) but she is also a block on progress on raptor persecution and is the Minister in charge of Badger…