Henry amongst friends and heading to Hen Harrier Day

Henry and I visited the RSPB at The Lodge – and gathered quite a crowd! As well as Bob the Squirrel there is the RSPB Conservation Director, Martin Harper, in the photograph and quite a few friends of mine and of Henry’s. The RSPB feature so many times in Inglorious that I’m not going to…

Guest Blog – Action wins! by Jonny Rankin

Based in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, I have a number of interests but I am always content to be out birding, which is usually every day walking my dog Fender.  I do a lot of birding in Suffolk Breck but of course go further afield too. Knowledge speaks, wisdom listens, but in the end, it’s…

Severn Barrage

  The Severn Estuary has the second largest tidal reach in the world.  The gravitational pull of the moon causes huge amounts of water to flow in and out of the estuary twice a day.  If only we could tap that power in some way… Tidal power is infinitely renewable.  It’s a bit like wind…

Guest blog – Every little helps? by Matt Williams

Matt Williams is a campaigner and organiser. He is Co-Director of the UK Youth Climate Coalition and is also undertaking a masters in Development Studies at Cambridge University. He regularly blogs at mattadamwilliams.co.uk    How much is the RSPB’s new partnership with Tesco really benefiting nature? I must preface this blog by stating that I’ve…

Well done RSPB, and the week ahead

Well  done RSPB! In my Birdwatch column, the political birder, for March I wrote about the e-petition started by Chrissie Harper which asks for the law in England to be brought into line with those in Scotland in respect of vicarious liability for wildlife offences. Vicarious liability is an unfamiliar phrase for those of us…