I went twitching yesterday…sort of. In fact, I went twitching on Sunday too, but only yesterday was successful. There is a Great Grey Shrike in Northants, and that doesn’t happen that often, and not often in the first days of January, so I thought I’d go and have a look for it. Sunday was a…
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How Labour could get some green votes
It’s a matter of continuing disappointment that the Labour Party appears not to have anything much to say on wildlife and rural issues. Maybe there will be a mesmerising list of positive policy announcements over the weeks and months running up to the general election (four calendar months distant on Wednesday (and actually 17 weeks…
What you think of coalitions
When respondents to my readers’ survey were asked which political parties they would like to see in coalition government there was a great outpouring of enthusiasm for the Green Party to be in the mix – more so than either of the two main parties: But if we break the answers down according to whether…
Last and first
My last bird species of 2014 was a briefly glimpsed owl at Otmoor and I’m not sure which one it was. I can be sure that I didn’t end 2014 seeing my first ever Snowy Owl (a species high on my bucket-list of bird species) nor was it my first Little Owl of 2014 (yes,…
So you think that nature conservation isn’t a political subject? (1)
Happy New Year! If you answered the questions in the readers’ survey then, ‘Thank you!’. There will be several blog posts over the next few days giving you what I think are some of the more interesting answers. There were two questions in the readers’ survey that gave respondents the choice between just two political…
A cold day
Today is a cold day. Is it cold where you are? I have been snug and warm, and productive, writing away in my office since soon after 0600 this morning. I already feel that it has been a successful and productive day and yet there is lots more of it to come (and go). I…
Readers’ survey closes at 6pm this evening
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There are just under 700 responses to this readers’ survey. Survey closes at 6pm this evening.
Hare today and hopefully tomorrow
I was looking for information on the SNH website about the goose cull on Islay and came across this press release which appeared the day before Christmas Eve – maybe you missed it. This was the bit that caught my eye the most: ‘Large-scale culls of mountain hares to reduce tick loads, in order to…
Charles Moore – revisited
I am thinking of adding the phrase ‘Expert campaigner – Charles Moore’ to my website given the plug that the former editor of the Daily Torygraph gave to my work a while back. As pointed out earlier, Mr Moore forgot to mention that he is not just a neutral journalist but is a keen supporter…
The remarkable Raven
I know they are quite like Carrion Crows and simply black but the Raven is a remarkable bird. I saw half a dozen Ravens deep in Northamptonshire yesterday. They were feeding with crows in a field of sheep. Thirty years ago they would have been an arresting and newsworthy sight. These days they are a…