Author: Matt Adam Williams

May 5, 2015 The Joy of Disappointment

Learning to deal with disappointment. It’s not something we necessarily finish learning, it doesn’t mark the transition from childhood to…

April 27, 2015 Why wildlife needs a youth movement

Originally posted on the Green Alliance website. A few days ago I happened upon Some thoughts on the common toad,…

March 22, 2015 Orwell had his own Vision for Nature

George Orwell, better know as author of 1984 and creator of the concept of Big Brother, also wrote many political…

March 18, 2015 Spring Budget 2015: it’s all about the water

There were two announcements in today’s Budget that are particularly interesting for people who care about the environment. The Government will…

January 9, 2015 Magic merlin

I was working in the RSPB library this afternoon. Out of the corner of my eye I noticed a slightly…

January 6, 2015 The wandering falcon

Toulouse is known as a pink city. The characteristic pinkish stone and beautiful skyline do give it a slightly Italian…

January 1, 2015 Birds in foreign tongues

Birdwatching is about decoding, taking the small pieces of information you receive – flight style, shape, sound, behaviour – and…

December 31, 2014 Two black kites, some buzzards and black redstarts in the garden

I’ve been spending the holidays in Toulouse, a town in the Southwest of France. The city itself nestles in the…

November 15, 2014 The Art of the Possible

This was the week when humanity landed a probe on a lump of rock half a billion kilometres away, and…

July 28, 2014 Bees again

The cross-parliamentary Environmental Audit Committee has today published what they think about the Government’s draft National Pollinator Strategy, a document…