There is a dark day looming. The Inglorious Twelfth is just a few sleeps away, and yet it is troubling the sleep of many people; people who care about the wildlife balance in the uplands, people who are angry about the on going illegal persecution of raptors, people who feel like their natural inheritance…
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Trusted trustees (1) – Lord Peel
Lord Peel is the first in a new series of blogs introducing you to the trustees, chairs and patrons of wildlife and environmental charities etc. The idea is to let you know who is running or has a senior, perhaps albeit largely honorary, position in your favourite, or least favourite, charity. I have a few…
Guest blog – Are we simply farming our seas? by Jean-Luc Solandt
Jean-Luc Solandt is a marine biologist struggling to get out of a policy expert. He worked on coral reef ecology for 15 years, providing diving survey data for the creation of Marine Protected Areas. He’s been working in the UK at the Marine Conservation Society for over 15 years on developing networks of MPAs, making…
Scenes from Highlands Hen Harrier Day yesterday
Any event in the Highlands with 200 attendees is pretty good. The rally in Boat if Garten was standing room only and a great event.
The biggest HHDay so far
Early news of attendances at Hen Harrier Day rallies is as follows: Rainham Marshes 450 Arne 500 Sheffield 350 Boat of Garten 200 Loch Leven 200 Glenarriff 75 Mull 75 Bowland tbc Rhum tbc Eigg tbc Many thanks to all who attended and made this the biggest ever, and to all the individual event organisers…
Scenes from Hen Harrier Day in Sheffield on Saturday
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About 350 people attended, I’m told, plus a Peregrine overhead and some TV cameras. Thank you to all the speakers, to the organisers and to those who attended. Great day! We will win!
Sunday book review – The Establishment by Owen Jones
This is not a bird or nature book, but given that this is a campaigning website then I think you’ll find that there is plenty in this book for you if you want the world to be a different place. And I do, and know that many of you do too. Much of the book…
An Unreliable History of Birdwatching (19) by Paul Thomas
Saturday Hen Harrier cartoons from Ralph Underhill
Happy Hen Harrier Day! Thank you Ralph!
Dear Natural England
Dear Natural England I’m planning to do some walking over grouse moors during the grouse shooting season and I came across your very useful website as I was trying to plan my trips. Living in Northamptonshire, my nearest grouse moors are in the Peak District National Park so that’s where I started my search. Your…