What happens in the Peak District National Park is vital to the future of driven grouse shooting, to the future of our upland National Parks, and, indeed, to the future of the UK uplands. That’s quite a claim, so let me back it up. The pernicious impact of driven grouse shooting is now pretty well…
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Books that I am reading
I hope to review George Monbiot’s new book ‘How did we get into this mess‘ on Sunday. I’m still reading it. But then I am also reading Mike Dilger’s book ‘Nightingales in November‘, Theunis Piersma’s Guests of Summer, and Kevin Parr’s Rivers Run too. Since Monday is a Bank Holiday, and therefore like a Sunday,…
NE will reply individually to comments on the ‘man guarding his model Hen Harrier ‘ incident
The Natural England Press Office say that their Chief Executive will respond individually to emails he receives on the subject of armed men with model Hen Harriers in the Peak District. That’s James Cross, Chief Executive, Natural England: james.cross@naturalengland.org.uk
Peak District – what they say
This post starts with a simple round-up of who has said what since the breaking of the faking it blogpost on the Raptor Persecution UK (yes really!) website on Tuesday but ends with a challenge. Later today I will blog on the importance of the Peak District in the future of driven grouse shooting and…
Some of us get to vote a week today
If you live in England and Wales, but not in London or Greater Manchester, you will have the chance to vote for your police and crime commissioner a week today. P&CCs are charged with ensuring effective and efficient policing of a police area. Wildlife crime is part of that role – certainly not the most…
A comment from a regular
This comment was posted earlier today on this blog by ‘jbc’. It’s so well written that it deserves a wider airing. Thank you all for your comments – they help make this blog what it is – whatever it is! I don’t work for an NGO now and have never worked for RSPB –…
Rude message from David Parks on Facebook
I get some of this. This was posted as a message on my Facebook page yesterday night, posted just before midnight, I see. ‘what a fckn blinkered idiot you are…! you and the like of Packham……………….you will never defeat shooting,insignificant idiots……………‘ It’s always nice to know that people care. The person who sent me this…
NT statement
I have just received this statement from the National Trust Press Office after asking them about the incident of a man sitting in the heather near a model Hen Harrier on National Trust land back in February. The NT Press Office also tell me that the incident took place on Snake Moorland. Jon Stewart,…
Right technology – wrong place!
To: Blue Sky Energy: dudu@blueskyenergy.co.il Kibbutz Eilot: zuko@keilot.co.il and talia@keilot.co.il EDF: actionnaire@edf.fr My Serious Concerns regarding the proposed Wind Farm near Eilat, Israel I have just returned from Eilat, Israel after taking part in “Champions of the Flyway,” one of the most important events in the birding conservation calendar worldwide. While in Eilat…
Thank you Steve.
It was kind of the Chair of the RSPB Council, Prof Steve Ormerod to make a rapid, initial, response to my blog of yesterday (and it is clear that he has read your comments there too). In case you missed it as a comment (posted this morning) here it is in full. Mark, I…