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The National Trust has announced that there is a pair of Bee-eaters (the only bird with three consecutive ‘e’s in its name? Probably not, though I can’t think of another) nesting on the Isle of Wight. As someone who spent six summers studying bee-eaters in the Camargue, I must say I am delighted.  The birds…

To Andy Sawford MP   Dear Andy I haven’t written to your for a while.  I thought you deserved a bit of a rest from me and I know you weren’t too pleased that I voted Green in the euro-elections so I’ve been keeping my head down. However, as I’ve always said, you can rely…

Oscar writes: Hoatzin were one of the most common birds around the oxbow lakes in the lowlands. They would perch on the bushes surrounding the lake in small groups, and usually allowed a fair close approach before clumsily flying off. Nikon D300s, Nikon 200-400mm f4 VR

‘Thunderclaps’ occur when lots of people sign up to the same message on social media and it is then automatically sent out to all their followers (on Twitter), friends (on Facebook) and ‘whatevers’ (on tumblr – sorry, I don’t have a clue about tumblr). The message for Hen Harrier Day is simply ‘We’re missing our…