BGBW Sunday

I know what Ralph means – I’d like to add red kite to my BGBW list this year but how interested in my garden would one have to be to be ‘countable’? Will my honesty be tested today? I’ll let you know how I got on with BGBW with another blog today some time after…

Easy to be friendly

I went to a Greenpeace event on Wednesday evening – about their ‘Be a fisherman’s friend‘ campaign. There were some very nice inshore fishermen there too – people with whom it was easy to be friendly. These were fishermen from NUTFA and their website is well worth a look. It’s easy to be friendly with…

Get ready for BGBW

This weekend is the annual Big Garden Birdwatch.  BGBW has become a national institution and I love it. I’ll be sitting down to stare out at my garden for an hour next Sunday. The feeders are filled already. Will the usual house sparrows, collared doves, blackbirds, robin and goldfinches flock to or shun my garden…

NWCU secure for one more year

The Home Office will provide specific funding for the National Wildlife Crime Unit of £136,000 for 2013-14. This is good news.  And some of the credit must go to all those who contacted their MPs on this issue. And some credit must go to those MPs who responded by signing EDM 603 and by raising…