Chris Hind
@chrismhind.bsky.social
County Bird Recorder for Cumbria, Editor of Birds and Wildlife in Cumbria, bird related volunteer for NE, RSPB, BTO & Tullie House Museum Carlisle. Political events follower. Arts, music, culture follower.
November 27, 2025 at 2:08 PM
A wonderful read from start to finish - competely enjoyable and enthralling mostlybooksreviews.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-...
The Meaning of Geese by Nick Acheson
I started reading this book at the end of last winter just as the wintering geese on the Solway were departing for their breeding grounds. ...
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October 25, 2025 at 5:33 PM
A wonderful read from start to finish - competely enjoyable and enthralling mostlybooksreviews.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-...
A refreshingly good read ! mostlybooksreviews.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-...
The Kremlin's Noose by Amy Knight
I have long had a fascination with Russia from reading Sholokhov novels in the late 1960s to several visits to Russia in the 1990s includin...
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October 20, 2025 at 6:38 PM
A refreshingly good read ! mostlybooksreviews.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-...
A potentially interesting read failing to live up to expectations mostlybooksreviews.blogspot.com/2025/10/in-s...
In Search of One Last Song by Parrick Galbraith
This title appealed to me when I came across it in the Gairloch Bookstore because it had 'disappearing birds and the people trying to save t...
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October 19, 2025 at 9:04 AM
A potentially interesting read failing to live up to expectations mostlybooksreviews.blogspot.com/2025/10/in-s...
My regular go-to political podcast reviewed www.blogger.com/blog/post/ed...
October 1, 2025 at 4:31 PM
My regular go-to political podcast reviewed www.blogger.com/blog/post/ed...
The Naked Neanderthal book review mostlybooksreviews.blogspot.com/2025/09/the-...
The Naked Neanderthal by Ludovic Slimak
Following reading Alice Roberts' trilogy and having recently delved into contemporary genomics I was excited to learn more about this intere...
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September 24, 2025 at 1:12 PM
The Naked Neanderthal book review mostlybooksreviews.blogspot.com/2025/09/the-...
The Screaming Sky by Charles Foster - a wonderful read mostlybooksreviews.blogspot.com/2025/09/the-...
The Screaming Sky by Carles Foster
I noticed this book while browsing the tables in the Hillbillies Bookstore in Gairloch. The author's name struck a cord and I remember re...
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September 14, 2025 at 6:14 PM
The Screaming Sky by Charles Foster - a wonderful read mostlybooksreviews.blogspot.com/2025/09/the-...
My new blog - Books on Wildlife and more - mostlybooksreviews.blogspot.com
September 7, 2025 at 4:24 PM
My new blog - Books on Wildlife and more - mostlybooksreviews.blogspot.com
Birds and Wildlife in Cumbria 2024 is now available. It’s free to CBC members. Anyone can buy a copy on the CBC website or from a range of bookshops around the county.
June 30, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Birds and Wildlife in Cumbria 2024 is now available. It’s free to CBC members. Anyone can buy a copy on the CBC website or from a range of bookshops around the county.
Least Sandpiper gave lovely views today at Steart Marshes and brought to an end the long wait to see this species in Britain
January 25, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Least Sandpiper gave lovely views today at Steart Marshes and brought to an end the long wait to see this species in Britain
Slimbridge yesterday in the mist … but great birding nevertheless borderlandsbirding.blogspot.com/2024/12/slim...
Slimbridge revisited ... in the mist ...
Yesterday was the one chance for a visit to this iconic location ... a childhood dream that never happened to a place that seemed impossibl...
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December 27, 2024 at 6:40 PM
Slimbridge yesterday in the mist … but great birding nevertheless borderlandsbirding.blogspot.com/2024/12/slim...
December 26, 2024 at 7:10 PM
Reposted by Chris Hind
Or 'two thirds of Britons don't have a clue about the impact of their dogs on wildlife' (and probably half of that number wouldn't see it as a problem anyway).
Most Britons think it's acceptable for a dog to be off its lead in a park, although not while walking down the street
In a park
Acceptable: 62%
Unacceptable: 35%
While walking down the street
Acceptable: 18%
Unacceptable: 80%
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In a park
Acceptable: 62%
Unacceptable: 35%
While walking down the street
Acceptable: 18%
Unacceptable: 80%
yougov.co.uk/society/arti...
November 28, 2024 at 6:08 PM
Or 'two thirds of Britons don't have a clue about the impact of their dogs on wildlife' (and probably half of that number wouldn't see it as a problem anyway).
Excellent meeting at Bolton Fell Moss. Résonance project hosted by Rob and Harriet Fraser with around 50 well informed participants from a wide range of wildlife bodies. Many thanks to Rob and Harriet.
November 26, 2024 at 7:19 PM
Excellent meeting at Bolton Fell Moss. Résonance project hosted by Rob and Harriet Fraser with around 50 well informed participants from a wide range of wildlife bodies. Many thanks to Rob and Harriet.
Ban Driven Grouse Shooting - a new Government Petition - please sign
November 22, 2024 at 5:33 PM
Ban Driven Grouse Shooting - a new Government Petition - please sign
@stevetrotter1.bsky.social No sign Steve although we were mostly standing in open areas for discussion rather than searching woodland/ scrub
November 20, 2024 at 7:15 PM
@stevetrotter1.bsky.social No sign Steve although we were mostly standing in open areas for discussion rather than searching woodland/ scrub
Excellent meeting with NE staff at Wedholme Flow and Glasson Moss today to discuss peat bogs and wildlife. An adult male Hen Harrier added to the day. Thanks to Emma for inviting me.
November 20, 2024 at 5:43 PM
Excellent meeting with NE staff at Wedholme Flow and Glasson Moss today to discuss peat bogs and wildlife. An adult male Hen Harrier added to the day. Thanks to Emma for inviting me.
A rather different autumn week in North Norfolk
November 16, 2024 at 7:38 PM
A rather different autumn week in North Norfolk
@tonybeales.bsky.social Hi Tony, I’ll be collecting potential photos for Birds and Wildlife in Cumbria 2024 up to end of Jan 2025. All must be taken in Cumbria in 2024. All welcome with dates and locations. Please send to chris.m.hind@gmail.com
November 10, 2024 at 1:37 PM
@tonybeales.bsky.social Hi Tony, I’ll be collecting potential photos for Birds and Wildlife in Cumbria 2024 up to end of Jan 2025. All must be taken in Cumbria in 2024. All welcome with dates and locations. Please send to chris.m.hind@gmail.com
Great Grey Shrike showed well if distantly at Sunbiggin Tarn Cumbria yesterday
November 10, 2024 at 12:38 PM
Great Grey Shrike showed well if distantly at Sunbiggin Tarn Cumbria yesterday