A quick blog update covering some of this season's activities.
Something to sing about! Yes, I’m still around, Thanks for caring and I’ll be back soon.
As taken from my Facebook page. It truly pays to “mix it up” in the Agricultural sector for Farmland Birds
A very quick blog post, just to prove I'm still around in both the virtual and more appropriately, the real world. "A Wee while back I said I would refer back to that excellent publication, that is Farming and Birds - New Naturalist Series no. 135, as written by Ian Newton. Well, here's a... Continue Reading →
Nature Blogging: Why Bother?
Another personal LinkedIn connection and another of those folk given the title of a Conservation “Young Gun” back end of last year. This post resonated with me, and I’m sure it will with many others. Why bother? Noting all that wildlife for what purpose? What good does it do in telling others about your passions as a conservationist, a blogger, a naturalist? If you enjoy what you do, then stick with your passions, life will become very boring for you the moment you give up on them. Stand Up for Nature! Over to you, James Common and Nature Blogging: Why Bother?
One of the most common questions raised whenever someone stumbles across this blog, particularly from those of a non-environmental background is: why bother? Surely it takes up too much time, provides very little in the way of a reward and is generally rather tedious. A good question actually, though one I struggle to answer on a regular basis, the issue broached equally as often by nature-lovers, many of whom appear baffled by the notion of writing about wildlife, as opposed to watching it in the field 24/7. Well, I do, in fact, spent a great deal of time watching wildlife. As well as writing about it. Though such conversations have indeed caused me to ponder, let’s say, just why I dedicate so much time to blogging about nature. And, for that matter, aspire to one day make a living from amalgamating words and wildlife.
Nature blogging, for me, is a mode…
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Moving towards a better future for our wildlife
Occasionally there comes a time to reflect on past knowledge of a subject and then to test it further as new evidence comes to light, some months or years later. I'm not having a Google "Right to be forgotten" moment, but it could be suggested that most people will on occasion, make a judgement quite naturally or unnaturally with or... Continue Reading →
Observations about and from Nature
There are certain things which make me tick when it comes to following events from the Natural World. One is the enjoyment of being out in the wider countryside or even in the garden and observing nature in the raw. After all, I am a keen tracker of natural phenomena and how they interact under... Continue Reading →
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