Etta Lemon: The Woman Who Saved the Birds

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RSPB history 1900–1920". Our History. RSPB. Archived from the original on 26 January 2007 . Retrieved 4 August 2021. They walked down a narrow valley and into a clearing, where they suddenly found themselves surrounded by a large group of armed, armoured men. One of them, who scowled at the pair, stepped forward, introduced himself as Sir Leigh, a king’s knight, and he challenged them for their identities, and their business in the king’s wood.

He produced several other memorial statues, including: Dover; Brightlingsea; Kingston-upon-Thames; Gateshead; St Michael’s, Cornhill and The Bank of England, Threadneedle Street. Full of fascinating historical detail and colourful characters. A great story of pioneering conservation, beautifully told' Those experts were, of course, men. Male voices were needed because the RSPB was frequently lampooned as a hotbed of highly-strung women, guided by impulse rather than reason. Ornithological experts legitimised their cause. Meanwhile, the men needed help from the women ‘on the ground’, keeping notes on the fashions of the day, infiltrating female circles, collecting press cuttings and sending in samples.Boase, Tessa (2021). Etta Lemon: The Woman Who Saved the Birds. London: Aurum. ISBN 978-0-7112-6338-3. (Originally published as Mrs Pankhurst's Purple Feather, 2018) Garnett, Henrietta (June 2018). "Ruffling feathers". The Literary Review . Retrieved 10 February 2019. Shaws Corner Conservation Area Appraisal. December 2013 Reigate &Banstead Building&Development services Etta Lemon is one of the great heroines of British nature conservation. Her long and doughty campaign against ‘murderous millinery’ led to the founding of the Royal Society For the Protection of Birds and saved millions of birds'

Their disgust was at the mass slaughter required to satisfy the fashion for exotic feathers to decorate women's bonnets.At that moment, a stagehand appeared at the door to inform them that it was five minutes until curtain-up. Maybe one summer’s day in 1910, Etta travelled down Whitepost Hill, along the A25 (I wonder what it was called then), up Croydon Road, and then into Gatton Road to visit Hethersett, where there was a garden fete. “A beautiful Victorian family home of grand proportions with outstanding views” says the estate agent brochure. And I agree. Of course, as we Boy’s Own fanatics know, Sir Malcolm called his boats and cars “Blue Bird”, whereas when his son Donald took over the record breaking mantle, he called them “Bluebird”. Centenaries are a spur to re-examining history. Our love for birds that we take for granted, is down to the dogged campaigning of Mrs Lemon and her sister workers. Only now, at the Plumage Act centenary, are we hearing their story.