I’m delighted that it looks as if the e-petition to end the Badger cull will pass 100,000 signatures this weekend and probably today. Hooray! There are three weeks to go, but at current rate of signing it will be very soon. Well done to Simon King and the Wildlife Trusts (or at least some of…
Year: 2017
Saturday cartoon by Ralph Underhill
RSPB – go ask for the NE data.
One of the quotes from today’s RSPB Birdcrime report is; ‘Natural England holds a wealth of data from hen harriers tagged since 2007. We have recommended that the Government commissions an independent investigation of these data to help determine where and why tagged hen harriers and other tagged birds of prey are disappearing.’ Well, there…
Very likely!! X-ray of Rowan emerges.
At last the X-ray of Rowan’s injuries has been published. This shows his shattered left leg with fragments of shot by the wound. Looks pretty clear. This X-ray has finally emerged on an RSPB blog – good for them! – but it’s a rather strange route considering this was a bird tagged by the Hawk…
Birdcrime and news of another shot Hen Harrier
The RSPB report on crimes against birds in 2015 has just been published online. 2015 seems like a long time ago but the report is a strong reminder of the scale of wildlife crime against birds that still exists in this country in the twenty-first century. Remember Annie? Stody Estate withdrawal of subsidy? Mutch case?…