Stirley Farm talk – Thursday evening, 27 October

I’m giving a talk at the YWT Stirley community farm on Thursday evening.  Details and how to book – click here. ‘Author, campaigner and naturalist Mark Avery on his campaigns to protect the Hen Harrier and why he thinks driven grouse shooting should be banned. The venue for the talk is Hall Bower Chapel, 69A…

Tim Melling – roding Woodcock

Tim writes: Living all my life in the north I see lots of roding Woodcocks  but this is the only half decent photograph I have ever managed to take.  After sunset males start to become active and perform spectacular display flights known as roding.  This special flight has slow motion flickering wing beats accompanied by…

The next week or so…

Writing competition: I hope you enjoyed the first two winners of this blog’s writing competition by  Hazel Peters (under – 18 category) and Hugh Webster (international category). Both have their copies of Remarkable Birds.  We judges are reading the Wildlife and Arts entries and finding it difficult to choose between them.  I hope the winner…

Write to your MP this weekend – Firm Briefing 21

I’ve been in London since the evidence session on Tuesday and have met or been in touch with many MPs.  The strong message comes back that the grouse shooting industry is rattled and on the back foot because never before has it faced such public scrutiny. We have posed the questions when will wildlife crime…