Here are a few quotes from emails and tweets about Inglorious:
‘I’ve just finished ‘Inglorious’ and I have to say I’m impressed. You’ve written a masterpiece of clarity and persuasion.’
‘Yes I think it WILL be a classic of conservation but only in the UK. Nowhere else would it be necessary’
‘Yr book Inglorious is brilliant, forensic, & dismantles the shooters arguments 1 by 1. B4 I was angry. Now I’m angry & informed’ – Twitter
‘@Inglorious_book brings up anger, sadness, and most importantly, determination. I urge everyone to read it. We can make a difference.’ – Twitter
‘If you read one book this summer make it ‘Inglorious’ by @MarkAvery ‘ some bloke called Packham on Twitter
It’s the book of the campaign against driven grouse shooting. Read it to learn why you should sign up here.
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Mark
Are you running a ‘where is it?’ or ‘which Harrier moor’? Your reader is sitting on Axe Edge Moor, part of the Leek Moors SSSI (in turn SAC and SPA) designated for its “outstanding assemblage of upland breeding birds”: Golden Plover, Snipe and Merlin, Curlew and Short-eared Owl. It’s the watershed of the River Goyt which gathers to flow north from here (to the right or at about 2 o’clock in the photo) and the River Dane which flows west (left in the photo) from the depression behind the reader. On the horizon to the right is the Cat and Fiddle Inn. A look on Natural England’s Magic Map shows that a B Kidd has been in receipt of Entry and Higher Level Stewardship for land here starting on 1st August 2012 worth £686,682 for 950 ha with £163,702 paid to date. There has been some ditch blocking. The Grouse butts are much repaired. I watched two phalanxes of beaters drive these moors just a couple or so years ago. There are keepers’ ‘grit walks’ over Axe Edge and the surrounding moor. Google satellite images show the intense patchwork of moor burning. At the moment this year though there seem relatively no Grouse.
Leek
Staffordshire Moorlands
Arne – correct!
I’m sure I will get round to reading it, Inglorious, but probably not over the rest of the summer as I have several titles already in my reading list, and haven’t made much of a dent in them yet! However, having read two titles by Mark already, I am assured that it will be a good read. A ‘must read’, in fact.
I also didn’t make it to Hen Harrier Day (shame), but I will be at Birdfair, on the Saturday, so look forward to seeing who else will be there? And maybe I’ll make it next year, to HHD, who knows?