Standing up for Nature
Yesterday I received an acknowledgement from Defra of my FOI/EIR request of 30 September. Defra will try to send me the information within 20 working days of receipt of the request ie by 28 October. I’ll keep you posted. This burst of activity may have been due to me asking my MP to write to…
I’ve listened to Shared Planet a couple more times and it irritates me each time I hear it – but that doesn’t mean it’s a bad programme or that I wish it hadn’t been aired. I think it’s a jolly good idea to read or listen to opinions with which we disagree every day. And…
The result of the by-election at Rochester and Strood will influence the way that next May’s general election plays out. How much momentum will UKIP have? The UKIP candidate, the sitting MP Mark Reckless, is unequivocably against the Lodge Hill development that will destroy a very important Nightingale population. Here is something from Reckless’s website….
Have you tried the www.gov.uk website? Isn’t it absolutely awful? Can you find anything? Can you find the things you used to be able to find? Where, for example, can you find a list of Defra ministers’ speeches? Do they not speak these days? I would have mixed feelings about that. This is what I…
On Saturday afternoon I watched a Cormorant with a fish off Dawlish Warren. The Cormorant had the fish in its beak and was trying to swallow it. It looked as though it had bitten off more than it could chew, or at least caught more than it could swallow. Have you ever done that? I’m…