Standing up for Nature
Swinton Park, down the road from yesterday’s Henry photo near the spot where Hen Harrier Bowland Betty was found dead, looks a swanky place. I wonder whether grouse is on the menu there? Would Henry be welcome? The Dorchester Grill does not serve grouse, they tell me. Not many replies, so far, from other restaurants…
Truss, Eustice and de Mauley are back. Rory Stewart is regarded as a bit of a waste in Defra by the Spectator! Labour is expected to keep the Defra shadow ministerial team intact.
Robin Page’s outburst against – well, against so many things – has been derided in the Guardian ahead of Saturday’s Tooth and Claw debate in Norwich. The most telling quote is: When asked by the Guardian why he had not cited any science to back up his assertion that raptors were suppressing native birds,…
Now is the time to show that you are a European. For some strange reason, and the reason is fairly shrouded in mystery, the EU has decided to review the Birds Directive and the Habitats and Species Directive. The Dutch government was, it seems, one of the prime movers behind this and by chance will…
Henry looks sad near the place where Bowland Betty, a young satellite-tagged Hen Harrier, was found dead in 2012. ‘So, these are the Yorkshire Dales’ said Henry. See here for more of the story. #HaveYouSeenHenry?