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Archives for December 2014

Shooting: a clarification

15 December 2014 by Simon Barnes 8 Comments

It seems that some people – would they be shooters? — have misinterpreted my piece in yesterday’s Independent on Sunday. They imply that I am opposed to all shooting of any kind. I am not. A well-managed estate that shoots can do good work in conservation. But the illegal killing of birds of prey is… [Read More]

Posted in Wildblog

Birding with Nicole Cooke

8 December 2014 by Simon Barnes 17 Comments

The first Brit to win the Tour de France wasn’t Bradley Wiggins. It was Nicole Cooke. She also won the gold medal in the road race at the Olympic Games in Beijing in 2008. She and I were in contact about her feisty and hugely enjoyable autobiography The Breakaway. After I had written about it… [Read More]

Posted in Sportsblog/ Wildblog

Bees and harriers: the unlikely alliance

5 December 2014 by Simon Barnes 12 Comments

Last weekend I was in Edinburgh to give the keynote speech at the AGM of the Bumblebee Conservation Trust. I’ll spare you the whole thing — it went on quite a bit — but here’s the general idea. Conservation badly needs a boost up the political agenda, because most people in positions of power are… [Read More]

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