I’ll be in Sheffield tomorrow and Saturday at the conference where I expect to have a lovely time amongst GWCT, Moorland Association, BASC and Scottish Land and Estates staff. In case they’ve missed it, here is how the constituencies with over 300 signatures stand: Calder Valley 828 High Peak 549 Bristol West 503 Ross, Skye…
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The All Party Parliamentary Group on Shooting (and Conservation)
I’ve been wondering which members of parliament are likely to speak in favour of driven grouse shooting in the debate on the subject. Their constituents might well want to give them some Firm Briefing on the facts of the matter and to give them the views of the people who elected them. The All-Party Parliamentary…
News reaches Wales!
James McCarthy of Wales Online tells the shocking tale of lots of poisoned birds of prey being found on the Glanusk Estate near Crickhowell which is owned by the Legge-Bourke family. It’s well worth a read especially as ‘this incident has not been reported until now‘. It is well worth a read. It is well…
The grouse moor conception of national leadership
I can remember when Harold Wilson was Prime Minister – I remember my father couldn’t stand him because of something called Selective Employment Tax (funny what you remember isn’t it?) – but I certainly didn’t remember him referring to grouse moors. So I am grateful to a former RSPB colleague and reader of this blog…
Writing competition – deadline midnight Saturday
Just a reminder that the deadline for this blog’s writing competition is midnight on Saturday. I haven’t read any of the entries so far so I cannot even hint at the quality of the 18 entries. I can say that of the four categories, one currently has just a single entry whereas another already has…