Two Hen Harrier arrests

Raptor Persecution UK does a fantastic job of keeping us all informed about raptor persecution, and their Twitter profile‘s words of ‘Think illegal raptor persecution is a thing of the past? Think again!‘ are just spot on. Last week and last night RPUK brought us all news of two alleged observed shootings of ‘protected’ Hen…

Nature as a source of solace, in times of corona

Yesterday I spent some time looking out from my front door as the school children were heading to school. They didn’t seem to me to be whining but some had shining faces and many did have satchels or their modern equivalents (see here) but there were definitely fewer of them than usual. And I wondered…

NEWS: update from Court 69 #justice4henharriers

One of the three Appeal Court judges, Sir Patrick Elias, was taken ill over the lunch break and the case has been stopped.  Obviously, I send Sir Patrick my every best wish for a full and speedy recovery. None of us knows the details of the illness but it occurred at a time when rumours…

Update from Court 69 #justice4henharriers

Our appeal against the judgment of Justice Lang is being heard today and tomorrow in Court 69 of the Royal Courts of Justice. I’m disappointed not to be there but I’ve had an update from our legal team. Our barrister, David Wolfe QC was first to make submissions and those were finished just before lunch…