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Should we pay £375,000 to poke buzzards out of their nests?

29th May, 201213th February, 2014 Matthew Chatfield 2 Comments buzzards, politics, raptors, rspb, shooting

Something’s gone badly wrong at the Greenest Government Ever. To say I’ve been profoundly disappointed at the environmental performance of the Coalition –

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Thoughts from an angry park ranger

22nd May, 2012 Matthew Chatfield 2 Comments rangers, USA

Sometimes people online confuse The Ranger with a US Park Ranger – although he’s very far from it. In real

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A challenge worth rising to

14th May, 2011 Matthew Chatfield 3 Comments government, politics

The Red Tape Challenge! Wow, this has got to be good! The government is asking us all to get together

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Local provenance food at Waitrose

15th December, 2010 Matthew Chatfield 6 Comments food, waitrose

Wahoo! The Isle of Wight has finally joined the middle class, and a branch of Waitrose has opened in East

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Destroy all trim trails!

21st August, 200929th August, 2014 Matthew Chatfield 3 Comments

The trim trail. A circuit of exercise equipment spread throughout a park or path, for visitors to undertake regulated exercise

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The Telegraph confuses rare flowers with buttonholes

5th August, 2009 Matthew Chatfield 0 Comments flowers, plants, telegraph

Oh deary deary. I’ve tried to hold off, really, I have. I’ve been stifling back a really moany post about

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Do I need a driving licence to get a countryside job?

8th September, 2008 Matthew Chatfield 2 Comments

It’s possibly one of the most common question that people looking for a job ask The Ranger – both online

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Eco-everything: are eco-towns just greenwash?

23rd July, 2008 Matthew Chatfield 3 Comments eco-towns, planning

OK, here’s a list of things. Check these out: Eco-car Eco-house Eco-plane It’s pretty easy to find examples of all

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Fancy a job?

27th May, 2008 Matthew Chatfield 1 Comment

There’s a great new job going. The Ranger’s more than happy with the job he’s got, but he’s mindful that

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Urban legends debunked #2378: “Petrol Prices -This could work!”

31st January, 20089th April, 2018 Matthew Chatfield 0 Comments cobblers

The Ranger doesn’t normally stray from conservation-type topics into the dangerous realms of wider environmental activism. After all, there’s more

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