Henry the Hen Harrier at the gates of Sandringham

Phew!! It’s a relief to see you back again. You were just fooling around eh? I see you are a royalist, Henry. Good for you! Looking for anyone in particular? No, I haven’t see anyone called Harry either. #HaveYouSeenHenry? Remember to vote for the Hen Harrier in the national bird vote.   Just before I…

It costs you nothing

Using GiveAsYouLive as you go about your normal business can raise money for your favourite charity. I’ve raised £50 so far – for Butterfly Conservation – and all I do is book train tickets and hotels online (which I have to do anyway) and make a few (very few) extra clicks to make sure that…

Oh no! One of our harriers is down!

Henry! I did tell you to be careful! Will Henry be back tomorrow? #WillYouSeeHenryAgain? I suspect Henry may be back tomorrow and he was just larking around – he’s such a wag isn’t he? Where might he turn up next? #HaveYouSeenHenry?

High Peak – a marginal which should have Hen Harriers

High Peak is a marginal which has been the seat of Conservative Andrew Bingham (see here for some information about his voting record) since he won it from Labour in 2010. Mr Bingham asked a question about the publication of the Hen Harrier non-joint non-plan back in November 2014: To ask the Secretary of State…

Home thoughts from Mark Avery abroad

HOME THOUGHTS FROM ABROAD Oh, to be in England Now that April ‘s there, And whoever wakes in England Sees, some morning, unaware, That the lowest boughs and the brushwood sheaf Round the elm-tree bole are in tiny leaf, While the chaffinch sings on the orchard bough In England—now!   Robert Browning, of course.  …