The campaign to protect Coul Links is important to me. I know the site and the thought of it becoming yet another golf course when it is so important for wildlife is abhorrent and, in many ways, sums up the ways in which wildlife is so often pushed aside in the modern age. And I…
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The Wadsworth Trog on Walshaw Moor (Wuthering Moors 82)
Tomorrow, Saturday, there is a fell run over parts of Walshaw Moor organised by the Calder Valley Fell Runners and called the Wadsworth Trog. We’ve missed the chance of entering (damn!) this race of 19 miles and a height range of over 3600′. Few of the entrants will probably realise that Walshaw Moor is one…
Walshaw Moor (Wuthering Moors archive)
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The Wuthering Moors archive consists of scores of blogs about one controversial grouse moor in West Yorkshire, Walshaw Moor, which sites above Hebden Bridge. My first blog on this subject was on 19 March 2012 and I am sure that this series of blogs will get into the 90s at least before it ends. The…
On the road – a distant view of Walshaw Moor
Guest blog – The Walshaw Moor blogs (1-68) by Richard Wilson (Wuthering Moors 69)
Richard Wilson is an independent professional ecologist with just under 20 years experience. When in the field, he specialises in invertebrate and avian ecology, with a smattering of botanical surveying thrown in for good measure. His background as a consultant has led to a keen interest in EU and UK law in the context of nature conservation….