Good about the waxwings - shame about the lapwings

The new(ish) RSPB logo isn't that great, either. I wonder if it was done by the same firm that produced the BTO one. They both look like they're products of a computer (and a committee). Witty perhaps, but lifeless. 

I would have preferred something more inspired - ie by a bird artist.

Royal Mail isn't flavour of the month right now, but at least, over the years, they have commisioned some excellent bird stamps.

It would be interesting to know how much the BTO and the RSPB paid for their logo designs, and the criteria by which they selected a design firm. Or was there a competition? I can't remember.

 

I agree Jim. I also mourn the loss of the BTO logo of two Gannets flying over the sea in a blue sky, to be replaced by that awful random bird looking out of an eye. New logos always seem to be a dumbing down of something we know and love.

Impressive photo by Geoff Trinder on the front cover of the winter edition of the Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust magazine, Lapwings.

There seems to be a view that this will be a good winter for waxwings, so here's hoping plenty show up in our county.

One downside  (in my opinion) is that the LWT's traditional lapwings image has long been replaced on the cover by the badger - corporate brand of the wildlife trusts.

Given that the species is a bit special to Lincolnshire, but sadly in retreat, it is a shame that has been relegated from cover to inside. 

Bring back lapwings to the cover of Lapwings, I say.