Have the Hawk and Owl Trust got it right? They’d like to hear your views ahead of their trustee meeting and Rare Bird Alert has a poll to help gather those views. For blogs on which the Chair of Hawk and Owl Trust, Philip Merricks, has tried to explain his position click here; yesterday, 23…
Category: Grouse and harriers
Have a look at this one
I’m having a very busy week – finishing off a book. But I did have time to read Martin Harper’s blog on Hen Harrier issues – I recommend it to you.
Bit by bit, answers are emerging…
I’m grateful to the Chair of the Hawk and Owl Trust for some attempts to answer some queries posted here yesterday (see comment by Philip Merricks on this blog and an abridged version copied with my comments below). The Hawk and Owl Trust is, of course, under no obligation to answer questions on this blog…
Just tell us how it could work
There are, it seems, several strong proponents for a Hen Harrier brood management scheme, which seem to number the GWCT, BASC, the Moorland Association, the National Gamekeepers Organisation and the Hawk and Owl Trust. There are some people who are dead against the very idea of a brood management scheme, although not, as best I…
Hawk and Owl losing trust
The Hawk and Owl Trust has failed dismally to explain their position as far as I am concerned. This statement appeared on the Hawk and Owl website which I now intend to analyse: Philip Merricks, Chairman Hawk and Owl Trust 20 Jan 2015 ‘You will be aware that the RSPB formally announced last year that,…