Yesterday evening, in response to this blog post, a new commenter, neil p, posted the following comment: ‘You’ve had relative success with your petition in upland rural constituencies because that is where you and your supporters have carried out biased leaflet drops through front doors. That way you can paint the picture, as you are…
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I worry about them…
This is Brian – Brian is another Hen Harrier who has gone missing in his first few months of life when travelling around the driven grouse moors of one of our National Parks. You can read about it here and here. I’m a bit worried about some other Hen Harriers. First we have Finn… …no,…
Chris Packham and the nasty brigade
Chris Packham has come through a BBC investigation unscathed it seems. Hooray! But Ian Botham seems not to have forgotten the trouncing that Chris Packham gave him on the Today programme (back on 11 August) as he was quoted in the Sunday Times, ‘This decision is a risible whitewash. Yet again it shows the BBC’s…
If they were coloured like this…?
This beautiful psychedelic Hen Harrier was drawn by Sue Brewer who writes: ‘I’m a writer, most of my books are on collectables or are novels, but I’m intending shortly to bring out a natural history themed book. I am very interested in the natural world – as a toddler I used to collect caterpillars, hunt…
Plaque-gate – the plaque that fell from heaven?
Yesterday’s unfolding story of the blue plaque attached to a multi-millionaire’s shooting hut seemed to catch the imagination of many of you. In brief, there’s a blue plaque celebrating a Sport England funding award on a building that received no such award. This blog can imagine the building and its plaque becoming a tourist attraction…