The Gonzo Daily - Thursday
There is an interesting and well argued article
about the spate of monarch sightings in Sussex. It also has photographs. Check
it out: http://tinyurl.com/opdepl7.
Neil Hulme concludes: "Confirmation of several different specimens of Monarch
over the last week (including two individuals in Pavilion Gardens in the last
two days), within a small area of Brighton, now makes this look increasingly
like an inappropriate and irresponsible release. Multiple sightings alone do not
preclude a natural origin, but unless they are observed along a wider stretch of
coastline, the weight of evidence now counts against them. They may make an
impressive sight, but this sort of behaviour cannot be condoned."
With the rapid changes in the climate and other
factors the zoogeography of Europe is changing far more rapidly than most people
believe. There are now at least two species of asceplias commonly on sale in the
UK by the cheapo cheapo garden centres attached to supermarkets, and as the
monarch is known for aggressively colonising new territories, and - despite its
best known attribute - forming non migratory populations, I think that it is
almost certain that they will end up as British residents sooner or later. This
is fascinating stuff to the Fortean Zoologist who can see beyond bigfoot and the
Loch Ness monster etc.
Whilst on the subject of British mystery animals
there are some excellent photographs of a pine marten in Shropshire in today's
Guardian. http://tinyurl.com/ojfsumn .
However the story that goes with it, and the headline "Pine marten spotted in
England for the first time in over 100 years" is complete nonsense. The very
same paper proclaimed "Pine martens make comeback in UK after leading a secret
life for decades" http://tinyurl.com/ohnvp27 , following a
high profile report from Natural England, five years ago. And kudos to yours
truly - I predicted all this (the existence of relict populations of pine
martens not the lazy journalism of The Guardian) nineteen years ago in my book
'The Smaller Mystery Carnivores of the Westcountry', so there.
Galahad, Genesis, Paradise 9, Grateful Dead,
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Jon Anderson, and Yes fans had better look out!
The latest issue of Gonzo Weekly (#138) is
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has Galahad on the front cover together with an interview with Stu Nicholson
inside. Doug looks at the new Genesis iPad app, John B-G watches the final
Grateful Dead show, while John H watches Glasto. There is an interview with
Gregg from Paradise 9 and Jon examines a book about Anonymous. Xtul are very
near to a climax. Thom waxes all poetical like, whilst the legendary Roy Weard
continues his regular column. And there is a radio show from M Destiny at Friday
Night Progressive, and one from those jolly nice chaps at Strange Fruit. There
is also a collection of more news, reviews, views, interviews and spotted quolls
with nothing to lose (OK, nothing to do with small marsupials in a devil may
care mood, but I got carried away with things that rhymed with OOOOS) than you
can shake a stick at. And the best part is IT's ABSOLUTELY FREE!!!
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Michael Masser, Camille Bob, Third Ear Band, Arthur Brown, Inner City Unit, Hugh
Hopper, Pete Sears, Captain Beefheart, Brand X, Genesis, Armando Gallo, Paradise
9, Lee Walker, The Lotus Eaters, John Brodie-Good, The Grateful Dead, John
Haylock, Glastonbury Festival 2015, Roy Weard, Hawkwind, Yes, Rick Wakeman,
Trevor Rabin, Elton John, Chris Squire, Anonymous, Xtul, Elvis Presley, Corey
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What has Corinna's column of Fortean bird news got to do with cryptozoology?