Do you remember our attempt to persuade Cambridge University not to build a new boatyard on valuable wildlife land at Ely (see here, here, here, here)? Well, we didn’t exactly win that one, but have you noticed that Cambridge has lost all three men’s Boat Races since? And all three women’s Boat Races? And…
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Henry goes to…?
Henry looks sad. Poor Henry! Where is Henry? #HaveYouSeenHenry?
Malta’s missed opportunity – statement from BirdLife Malta
Although the result is not yet official, it seems certain that the Maltese people have voted 51:49 in favour of spring hunting. Steve Micklewright, Director of BirdLife Malta, one of the organisations leading the campaign to abolish spring hunting said, “This was an incredible opportunity for the people of Malta to stop the senseless killing…
That was close – but no cigar!
The Maltese people have voted by a very small margin, 51:49, to keep spring hunting. That’s very, very close but it’s a result. I wonder what the next step is. Maybe our wildlife NGOs really should think of a campaign to boycott Malta now. The accepted wisdom has been that too hard a campaign from…
Partly uncoiled
I had kept an eye on the weather forecast and rain was heading our way so I was at Stanwick Lakes for a bit of spring-spotting at 0700 this morning. It was cold again – it felt like the weather had stepped back to early March from mid-April. There was lots of song – Chiffchaffs…
Still coiled
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On Wednesday morning it was a lovely warm day and I thought I’d check how Spring was coming along before putting on a suit and heading to London to see my publisher, Bloomsbury, and then go to lunch with Lord Gnome. Stanwick Lakes was full of song: Chiffchaff song, Song Thrush song, Chaffinch song, Wren…
Henry has a break
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Meadow Pipits? Field voles? Grouse chicks? #HaveYouSeenHenry?
Lord Gnome
I was surprised to receive an invitation to a Private Eye lunch, and then disappointed to realise that I had to turn it down as Champion Chase day was unmissable in my calendar. But another invitation arrived and yesterday I attended one of the famous Private Eye lunches. I left, as I expected, slightly sozzled….
Henry goes birding
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Tories on the left
A few weeks ago I had just arrived at St Pancras and was heading down the left hand side of the down escalator when half way down my way was blocked by a well-dressed man standing on the left rather than the right. I said ‘excuse me’ to the back of his head and he…