This statement has been made by the Moorland Association: ‘Illegally set traps – final statement ‘The MA has formally reviewed the incident on Mossdale Estate where an underkeeper admitted to setting traps illegally. The keeper is no longer employed by the estate. Mossdale has also resigned its membership of the MA.” This may not…
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Guest blog – Kick the Butts out of Kinder Scout by Nick Moyes
Nick Moyes is former Senior Keeper of Natural History at Derby Museum; co-author of The Flora of Derbyshire, and technical advisor to the Derby Cathedral Peregrine Project, which he helped set up. He is currently campaigning to get The Sanctuary LNR restored by Derby City Council, and advises on biodiversity action plans across Lowland Derbyshire….
Thank you Oxford
I enjoyed talking in Oxford last week – a lovely, lively crowd of people. And they said nice things about my talk on Twitter: @Abigail Motley Impassioned talk @MarkAvery @morethanadodo on destructive upland grouse shooting: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/125003 … @Jennifer Pitt7 Many thanks to @MarkAvery for an inspiring talk last night at Oxford’s @morethanadodo on why we should…
Gordon’s IN
Yesterday I went to hear Gordon Brown talk in Leicester as a part of the Labour In campaign. I’m glad I did. You might think that Gordon Brown is a bit of a miserable guy, grumpy and lacking in humour – well, I’m sure he can be, but yesterday he sparkled. Maybe it’s the freedom…
Guest blog – Britain’s bees are under threat by Andrew Pendleton of FoE
Andrew Pendleton is the Head of Campaigns for Friends of the Earth. Here’s a prescription for a fine afternoon on a warm day in June. Take smartphone and drink of choice. Sit in garden. Wait for sun to come out and bees to take to the wing, use smartphone to record which type of bees…
100 days – it’s a run chase
We are 100 days away from 20 September when our e-petition to ban driven grouse shooting will close. We aren’t half way through our time yet – that is just over a week away – but let’s have a little stock-take. Today we passed the 42,000 signature milestone! That is just fantastic – thank you…
Otmoor
Last week I went to Otmoor. I like Otmoor. I go as often as I can – which isn’t that often (see here, here, here and here for some previous visits). As you can see, it was an overcast and dull morning weatherwise but an uplifting visit otherwise. In the winter it’s possible to see…
Kite attack!
The Daily Mail is edited by Paul Dacre who owns a grouse moor. Saturday saw a piece about a scourge of Red Kites attacking young girls and old ladies – men seem to be immune. There is a serious issue here and that is that artificial feeding of Red Kites has made them less…
Oscar Dewhurst – Snipe
Oscar writes: Another bird that kept me busy while waiting for Bitterns in Suffolk was this Snipe, which was feeding in front of the hide for most of the afternoon. It was an effort to get an unobstructed view though, with reeds always seeming to obscure its face or beak! Nikon D800 | Nikon 400mm…
The National Trust’s former shooting tenant, Mark Osborne
Mark Osborne, the exiting shooting tenant of the National Trust in the Peak District, is a very well-known name in shooting circles. He is not a nobody, he is someone for whom ‘failure is not an option’ according to Lord James Percy in Fieldsports magazine. Mr Osborne is prone to tell people that he is…