Ben Eagle

The Great British Fly Tipping Problem

I spent this weekend with friends on their farm in Wiltshire, planting trees and drinking proper west country scrumpy (resulting in quite a hangover on Sunday!). However, this is not the subject of my post, perhaps clear from the title. Fly tipping is at the forefront of my mind because of our journey to theContinueContinue reading “The Great British Fly Tipping Problem”

‘Meet the Farmers’ Episode 5. Luke Hasell and Herons Green Farm

Luke HaseLuke Hasell farms beef cattle in the Chew Valley of North Somerset. I spoke to him in the farmhouse at Herons Green Farm about how he got into farming, about CSAs, regulation, pasture fed beef, conservation and much more. Luke wasn’t always a farmer and originally trained as an engineer, working for Kier Group asContinueContinue reading “‘Meet the Farmers’ Episode 5. Luke Hasell and Herons Green Farm”

New Nature Magazine

Today, the second issue of New Nature Magazine was released. I strongly recommend you take a look. New Nature is a free e-magazine that was launched in January of this year and is written and edited entirely by young people. This fresh publication should be applauded and its quality is testimony to the dozens of young peopleContinueContinue reading “New Nature Magazine”

Book Review: ‘H is for Hawk’ by Helen Macdonald

Before reading this book I knew very little of the life of TH White, acclaimed author of The Sword in the Stone (1938) and schoolmaster at Stowe for many years. He is a central character in Helen Macdonald’s story, for he was a trainer of hawks, and published The Goshawk, with a mixed reception, in 1951. Macdonald readContinueContinue reading “Book Review: ‘H is for Hawk’ by Helen Macdonald”

Are golf courses an opportunity for conservation?

Before I get too far in to writing this article I have a confession to make. I am not a golfer. I have never played golf. The closest I have come to doing so was at the age of six when I discovered a set of ancient clubs in the cellar of my childhood houseContinueContinue reading “Are golf courses an opportunity for conservation?”