Hawk and Owl Trust Nature reserve Shapwick Moor (Water Vole)

BBC Radio 4 Saving Species Tuesday 11th Jan at 1100hrs GMT

Don't forget to tune into BBC Radio 4 Tuesday 11th Jan, at 1100hrsGMT to hear me talking about the great series of books from the early 1960s "Ladybird books".  This time producer Mary Colwell and myself are after Brown Rats and Tawny Owls.  I won't say anymore as not to spoil the programme. You can listen live or listen again at http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00x95h4 enjoy the programme, its been real fun being part of it.
BFN

Happy New Year to all. Portishead Celebrates The New Year .

Happy New Year to all my friends where ever you are on the Earth!  I hope everything you wish for and would like to do in 2011 comes true for you.  For me 2011 marks my 20th year working as Conservation Officer for the Hawk and Owl Trust.  It will be probably be the hardest year yet because of the austerity measures our U.K government is implementing. But then for everyone in wildlife conservation and the wider community its going to be very tuff indeed.  I will be working on Barn Owls and Tawny Owls through the latter stages of winter, hopefully some of these projects will be able to spill across into spring when the main nest checking season starts.
The media work will continue as well, with some possible interesting projects coming in mid to late 2011.
So once again happy new year to you all, and I will leave you with these pictures I took of the town of Portishead in North Somerset, England, celebrating the stroke of midnight that ended 2010 and brought in 2011.  BFN