Review of Behind the Binoculars in the Sunday Express

Keith Betton and I signed a lot of copies of our book at the Bird Fair over the weekend.  We also did a little turn in the Authors’ Forum where we talked about the book but also talked to two of the interviewees in the book – DIM Wallace and Debbie Pain. It was a…

Henry at the Bird Fair – Day 3 (2)

Henry knew he was amongst friends at the Bird Fair because he kept seeing (and there were a lot) Hen Harrier T-shirts walking towards him. And there were plenty of familiar faces from Hen Harrier Day events in the Peak District (2014  and 2015) and then more people coming and telling him that they had…

And that e-petition…

Our e-petition to ban driven grouse shooting passed the 14,000 signature mark yesterday. 14,000 isn’t 140,000 but it is a lot of signatures. 14,000 signatures was reached in c33 days, less than five weeks.  Last year it took eleven weeks to get to the same total. Just more evidence that awareness is growing and spreading…

Henry at the Bird Fair – Day 3 (1)

Henry had a blast at the Bird Fair yesterday (and Friday and Saturday). Here are just a few photos of some of the people he met (more to follow later today and a more thoughtful account tomorrow – also, later today, how to respond to the Daily Telegraph’s pathetic response to complaints about its woeful…