In 1999, Rob had his first letter published in The Times. 135 to date, he hasn’t stopped bothering the Letters Editor on environmental issues. See this blog on pointers for writing a short letter and list at the bottom.
Tooth and claw script
See his home page for latest batch: incl rewilding | bees | squirrels | bird of prey | farmland wildlife and access | wildlife/renewable energy| kites and kestrels (full list at bottom for free-to-view copies via twitter/x)
Eagle, wildflower, ranger
In no particular order or date……
- On sea eagles,
- Farmland wildlife
- National Parks US-style rangers
- wildflowers and The Archers
- Rural housing challenges. a letter which also headlined in ‘The Week’
- Farming challenge post Brexit
- Little owls and storm petrels (102nd) Jan 15
Cow, hedgehog, flood
- Indoor cows
- Hedgehogs ‘fiddling in gardens’
- Two early letters (fox hunting) from 2000
- Racetracks and skylarks
- Farmers and flooding
- Ecosystems and food – farming is the new challenge
- Urban foxes
Bracken, badger, food
- Spinning nature for members
- Songbirds
- Conifers and turbines
- Bracken control
- Food and State of Nature
- Ash die back (1 of 5)
- Badger cull and moles
- GM and butterflies
- Culling deer
- Unaffordable food
Dairy, bees, fungi
- Conservation grazing
- Dairy rich diets
- Horsegate
- Insects, benzene, bees and neonics
- Letters ‘triggered’ by Simon Barnes – re grouse shooting, gamekeepers, food prices and biodiversity offsetting
- 100th Times letter (trees and fungi)
- Carluccio’s mushroom letter
Trees, hedges, deer
- Stop being fussy over trees A conversation thread.
- Farming, forestry, hedgehogs, rural housing
- Red kites, farming
- Woodcock
- On badgers
- Farmland flooding
- Hedgerows
- on deer fencing and birds
- Wildlife, renewable energy trade-offs
- a gang of them hedgerows|Ag bill | forestry | farmland birds | flooding |deer fencing | badgers | heather burning |trees in hedges
- Sir Peter Scott – a letter
Recent: on rewilding, bees, squirrels, fungi
A retrospective
See retrospective (many are still today’s issues) via TwitterX under hashtag #blackgullview (from 1999 -)
1&2 (1999) | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25&26 (2008) | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30&31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 50 (2011) | 51 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 59 | 60 | 61 | 62 | 63 | 64 | 65 | 66 | 67 | 68 | 69 | 70 | 71 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 75 (2013) | 76 | 77 | 78 | 79 | 80 | 81 | 82 | 83 | 84 | 85 | 86 | 87 | 88 | 89 | 90 | 91 | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 100 (2015) | 101 | 102 | 103 | 104 | 105 | 106 | 107 | 108 | 109 | 110 | 111 | 112 | 113 | 114 | 115 | 116 | 117 | 118 | 119 | 120 | 121 | 122 | 123 | 124 | 125 (2021) | 126 | 127 | 128 | 129 | 130 | 131 | 132 | 133 | 134 | 135 | 136 (2024)
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