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Wake up George!

19th March, 2012 Matthew Chatfield 0 Comments politics, rspb

RSPB Saving Special Places campaign It’s not just me who gets to be reanimated by clever video-makers. Here’s Chancellor George

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Wildlife & countryside news 

The Nature of Harming ‘award’

13th February, 2012 Matthew Chatfield 2 Comments politics, rspb

Guest blog by Mark Avery I have a feeling that nature conservationists are too nice. Well, I’m trying hard not

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Protected species 

Falmouth maerl – the canary in George Osborne’s coal mine

4th February, 2012 Matthew Chatfield 2 Comments politics

Maerl. What’s that then? Chances are, you don’t know what maerl is, or why anyone else might care. Unless you

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Legal matters Ranger Rants 

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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Books 

Book review: The retreat of reason (Anthony Browne, 2006)

31st May, 2009 Matthew Chatfield 0 Comments politics

A friend lent The Ranger a book for his entertainment; “The Retreat of Reason: Political Correctness and the Corruption of

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Olympics 

Who will really win the Olympic lottery?

14th May, 200712th August, 2015 Matthew Chatfield 1 Comment olympics, politics

The Ranger’s been gritting his teeth for a while now, hearing all sorts of bad noises emerging from London with

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Natural England 

Coastal right of access – what’s all this about ‘spreading room’?

19th April, 20071st April, 2017 Matthew Chatfield 0 Comments access, coastal, politics

It’s been a couple of months now since Natural England announced the proposals to create a new right of access

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