After yesterday's dramatic climbdown on its plan to sell off our forests, today the government has announced a delay to its decision on whether to give a planned badger cull the go-ahead. Apparently there has actually been a drop in cases of TB in cattle.
Thankfully the government has seen sense and withdrawn its plans to sell off the country's forests. 
Our forests and the wildlife that live in them are too important to lose. Let's hope this idea goes back into the bag for good.
The early birds were spotted flying into the box earlier this week- making the event a fitting way to celebrate National Nest Box Week.
Isn't David Attenborough's new series on Madagascar spectacular? Makes me want to go. I used to work at Chester Zoo, where I painted this lemur, but that's the closest I've got to the unique wildlife that inhabits this Island of Marvels.
Victoria took along our newest greetings cards. These modern designs are taken from my paintings and so far there has been a lot of interest.
We also have new wrapping paper for sale which I hear has gone down well too. 
In the meantime I've been looking after our daughter Lily and we've done a bit of painting together.
It's now available from the gallery as a card. Visit the website if you haven't already found the perfect gift.
My trips to the Masai Mara have been among the most awe-inspiring of my career. The thrill of seeing more than a million wildebeest and zebra as they plunge across the crocidile infested Mara river is one of the highlights.
But it is also the sheer quantities of game, including of course the predators that follow them on what is the world's longest migration, that really enthralls. 
I plan focus on hares for my exhibition this summer after learning that this species is actually the fastest declining mammal in the country. 
