It’s heartbreaking to see how women and girls are being treated in Afghanistan, under the despotic rule of the Taliban. And it’s laughable to watch Church of England clerics try to find a form of words which will express their distaste for gay people, without driving them out of the church altogether. Anyone who tries to make excuses for religious intransigence deserves a good slap.
Had a late-afternoon visit to Blacktoft Sands, hoping to see some roosting raptors. I was in luck, with a sighting of a female hen harrier. Very different from a Marsh harrier: lighter, slimmer, more graceful in flight, and – the clincher – the white rump (pic: Imran Shah, Creative Commons)…
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