Bird Fair Day 2 – time to buy for Christmas

Phew! What a scorcher! I mean, of course, the weather although these four ladies from Froglife, who’d like to collect your wildlife memories, might get a similar response.  In a sea of blokes (yes, like me), in jeans (yes, like me), it’s nice to see some people have made the effort!        …

Bird Fair day 1 and bits and pieces

Bird Fair:  I met some really nice people yesterday and some of them were buying my book Fighting for Birds.  Lots of Twittery and Bloggy people introduced themselves and it is really nice to put a face to a Twitter name. For example, it was nice to meet @ValGall and even nicer to read on…

The rather diminished Big Butterfly Count?

It’s time for the Big Butterfly Count– good luck! Have you ever thought how beautiful are butterflies?  Me too! Then imagine this butterfly without its wings – not so pretty then is it?     And I just wonder – will the Bird Fair survive the weather given that the Game Fair has not?  And…