August was a particularly busy month and I must apologise that various projects took up a good deal of my time, meaning that blog posts were few and far between. The month culminated in a much needed week away in Western Scotland where I was lucky enough to see my fist golden eagle and whiteContinueContinue reading “BirdFair 2016”
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BirdFair and Scotland await
Hello dear readers, Firstly, I must apologise that posts to the blog have been rather thin on the ground of late. It has been a particularly busy month and I have not been able to find as much time to write as I would have liked. A weekend with some friends in the Brecon BeaconsContinueContinue reading “BirdFair and Scotland await”
Traditions in the countryside
If you asked anybody in the countryside to list the traditions that are regularly practised in their community you would no doubt be there a long while. From May Pole dancing in Norfolk to Jack in the Green at Hastings, cheese rolling in the Cotswolds to wife carrying in Surrey it is no wonder thatContinueContinue reading “Traditions in the countryside”
Glimmering mud
Last weekend I traveled with some friends to Sand Point, near Weston-super-Mare in Somerset. Owned and managed by the National Trust, Sand Point is a long protruding headland of limestone that juts out into the Bristol Channel, remaining in seeming defiance against the land either side of it. It is a spectacular feature within thisContinueContinue reading “Glimmering mud”
Brexit: an opportunity for farmers and conservationists to unite?
I am eternally optimistic that one day, everyone involved in the land sector will share my view that in order to bring about a thriving countryside, both economically and ecologically, farmers and conservationists need to come together in discussions as to how to manage rural Britain. We have a governmental department that supposedly seeks toContinueContinue reading “Brexit: an opportunity for farmers and conservationists to unite?”
