1532-present: The decimation of wildlife following Henry VIII’s Vermin Act
‘British Wildlife‘, by Angela Newberry ACRA
Here is a book review from the Times Literary Supplement, by John Fanshawe -
Roger Lovegrove
SILENT FIELDS
The long decline of a nation’s wildlife
3520pp. Oxford University Press. £25 (US $50).
978 0 19 852071 9
In Silent Fields, Roger Lovegrove charts “the history of Man’s deliberate killing of terrestrial wildlife – specifically native birds [...]
2005-2007: ‘Spots of Time’ from the Cumbrian night
‘South from the Old Man‘, taken from the Coniston Old Man on 16th November 2005 at 8.36pm, after the sunset at 4.09pm, by Henry Iddon.
This from today’s Guardian -
A marathon year of mountain night-walking has led to a rare set of photographs which chart the effects of light pollution on some of Britain’s wildest places.
Bright [...]
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