What’s your morning ritual?
A cup of Yorkshire tea at 7am and some food for the birds, which will have been waiting since sun-up for me to show myself. I used to have a couple of feeders hanging near the cottage windows but rats moved in to my roof and walls. Now I scatter a few dried mealworms on the ground, just enough for their breakfast. And then I make my own.Â
I feel optimistic about …
… our increasing desire for a more nature-rich world. I’ve seen a huge shift in public attitudes in the last decade or so: the message has got out that many of the creatures we share our world with are in trouble, and people can see, feel and hear the losses since their own childhoods. If we can mobilise that willingness to help, and avoid getting bogged down in distracting culture wars, we can do a lot towards mitigating the damage we’re currently heading for.Â
What makes you angry?
People who drop litter. I walk most days and try to pick up what I see, but often that means my pleasant stroll is encumbered by pockets full of flattened energy drink cans, spent helium balloons (don’t get me started), plastic bottles and sweet wrappers. Still, there are hardly any plastic bags these days, proof that change is possible.Â
