Oscar Dewhurst – Grass Green Tanager

Oscar writes: While I was in Peru I spent a week at a research station nearly 3500m up in the cloud forest. One of the birds I most wanted to see was the Grass-Green Tanager, purely because of their colour! I was therefore delighted when this one perched up no more than 5 metres from…

And another work of art from the BAWC conference

  Have you seen Henry? I have! What a stunning boy he is! Henry started his tour of Britain yesterday in Buxton at the excellent BAWC conference. Which grouse moors might Henry dare to visit? Which organisations might be treated to a Henry sky dance? #haveyouseenhenry.

A work of art at the BAWC conference

The very first Birders Against Wildlife Crime conference was held in Buxton yesterday. It was great! Chris Packham likened wildlife crime to destroying a work of art. How would you feel about someone who spray painted and then slashed a Constable painting? And #haveyouseenhenry ?  

A few things that caught my eye

the abject ‘you forgot the…now what was it?‘ website seems to have folded up, in that it no longer has its plea for a 100 farmers to sign up to a letter slagging off the RSPB – all gone! all gone! talking of things that are forgotten…Keith Cowieson completely failed to answer the question about…