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Some initial thoughts on what may happen to Nature under the new Government.
After the shock that arrived about 130 yesterday morning when it became clear that the exit poll was right and all the polls had been wrong (or rather had not picked up that the undecideds would vote Tory), I … Continue reading
The Dog Poo Bag Deposit Mystery
There’s a house on the corner of our road which doesn’t seem to be occupied, or at least only occasionally. The hedges grow out over the pavement and there’s an old hawthorn – much of which is dead, which is … Continue reading
The Uninspiring Election
It’s a while since I have written anything on here. To be honest I have been feeling uninspired – and this may in large part be down to this extraordinarily tedious election campaign which seems to have been going … Continue reading
An outbreak of nonaerophobia among UKIP spokesmen
What is it about UKIP Spokesmen and their fear of gases disappearing? First there was farm spokesman and chicken farmer Stuart Agnew, telling the European Parliament of his desperate worries that the EU’s … Continue reading
Rampisham Down Factsheet #8: Politics and Politicians
As the election draws closer, I thought it would be worth looking at the politics and politicians of Rampisham Down and who supports the development of a Solar Farm on one of Britain’s most important nature sites. There are some … Continue reading
Rampisham Down Factsheet #7 : Brownfield Site?
Thomas Hardy knew about the meaning of Brown in Dorset landscapes. The Return of the Native starts “A Saturday afternoon in November was approaching the time of twilight, and the vast tract of unenclosed wild known as Egdon Heath embrowned … Continue reading
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National Sheep Association bare teeth against Lynx proposals
The Farming Community often decry Conservationists for scaremongering. For example on the question of whether Neonicotinoids are contributing to the loss of pollinating invertebrates such as Bees. But farmers are not immune to bouts of hysterical scaremongering either, particularly … Continue reading
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The Nature of God’s Acre
I’m heading over to Sussex today to launch a new book which I have co-authored. It’s called The Nature of God’s Acre and arises from a project which I have been working on for the past 18 months, exploring the … Continue reading
Invasive Plants caused muddled thinking
The BBC picked up a story about “invasive plants” yesterday, but didn’t do a very good job of conveying its messages. The paper just published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences is from Chris Thomas’ group at … Continue reading
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