A spreadeagled, poisoned White-tailed Eagle on the heather of a grouse moor surely tolls the death knell for driven grouse shooting. Politicians cannot continue wilfully to ignore the scale of crime against nature that is so closely associated with the niche hobby of shooting Red Grouse for fun. At least they cannot if we all…
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World Land Trust Wildfire Appeal – help us get ahead of the flames
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Do you remember the fires of last year? This year they are starting even earlier. The World Land Trust works with partners across the world to protect land of high conservation importance. Our partners are people on the ground fighting these fires and protecting wildlife. I say ‘our’ because I am the chair of trustees…
Some more reading
I’m reading some more legal papers, but also three books for review here; Which would you most like to see reviewed this Sunday morning (given that the other two will follow)? Normal blog service will resume later today…
Press release – Ban Bloodsports on Yorkshire Moors
Doncaster Council has backed a ban on heather burning to save the region’s peat moors from being damaged for grouse shooting. In a letter sent to the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, Mayor Ros Jones said that the environmentally-damaging practice, which is performed by shoot operators to engineer breeding habitat for red grouse,…
Update on 2020 Hen Harrier brood meddling (1)
Natural England issued an update on their controversial Hen Harrier brood meddling project on Friday but I’ve only just seen it. They’ve also sent me (and the RSPB) a further update from their legal department because both RSPB and I are taking legal action against this daft project. First, the Natural England blog. As reported…