Natural England EIR request – Hen Harrier Mick

Dear Natural England, You issued a press release about a Hen Harrier called Mick on 7 February 2017 in which you stated that Mick’s disappearance had been reported to the North Yorkshire Police.  Your director, Rob Cooke, said ‘The disappearance of a hen harrier is deeply concerning to all who appreciate these rare and impressive…

Upside down and inside out.

Yesterday evening the BBC regional programme Inside Out for the East Midlands and Yorkshire featured a very good piece on driven grouse shooting.  Well done them!  Here is the link and the piece is the first one after the general introductions. You’ll hear some familiar voices and see some familiar faces: Tim Birch from Derbyshire…

Here we go again…

I really hope that this e-petition by Gavin Gamble (whom I don’t know personally) crashes through the 10,000 signatures mark very quickly and then heads rapidly past 20k, 30k, 40k, 50k, 60k, 70k, 80k, 90k and 100k signatures. It’s a long way – but it’s feasible and I’ll be promoting this e-petition as if it…

HH Day in Boat of Garten – the movie!

The Boat of Garten HHDay event was well worth the journey to the fairly far north – but if you couldn’t make it there then here is a short video that gives you a flavour of it. Thank you to Andrea Goddard who organised the day and to all attendees, speakers etc. This film was…

This week

This week I am giving a talk at a local (fairly local) school about being a biologist on Wednesday and talking to the Bucks Bird Club in Wendover on Thursday evening. I am meeting various friends in London on Friday and am expecting to have recovered from that experience in time to attend the RSPB’s…