Our e-petition to ban driven grouse shooting passed the 14,000 signature mark yesterday. 14,000 isn’t 140,000 but it is a lot of signatures. 14,000 signatures was reached in c33 days, less than five weeks. Last year it took eleven weeks to get to the same total. Just more evidence that awareness is growing and spreading…
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Henry at the Bird Fair – Day 3 (1)
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Henry had a blast at the Bird Fair yesterday (and Friday and Saturday). Here are just a few photos of some of the people he met (more to follow later today and a more thoughtful account tomorrow – also, later today, how to respond to the Daily Telegraph’s pathetic response to complaints about its woeful…
Oscar Dewhurst – Cormorant, Great White Egret and Grey Heron
Oscar writes: This Great White Egret had been hanging around Minsmere near the island mere hide for several weeks but I had only had brief and distant flight views in the past. Walking into the hide early one morning I was surprised to see it perched on the wooden bar in the middle of the…
Henry at the Bird Fair Day 2
Henry got special treatment at the Bird Fair yesterday. He met lots of celebrities who gave him a cuddle (he liked the Simon King cuddle a lot) and was treated as a special bird by the folk (including the RSPB’s Guy Anderson) at the BTO ringing demonstration. Henry was ringed… …and then satellite-tagged… …in…
Saturday cartoon by Ralph Underhill
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Henry at the Bird Fair
What a day! Considered thoughts later – but what a day! See you tomorrow!
Henry says ‘Hi!’ to Bloomsbury
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50 Bedford Square is the address of the publisher of Inglorious – conflict in the uplands. Henry thought he ought to say hello. Ban driven grouse shooting.
Just another trap
The photograph shows a perfectly legally set (I believe) funnel trap which is one of a series along a scenic tourist route in the Cairngorms National Park. The trap is along the A939 Grantown on Spey to Bridge of Brown road (Grid Ref NJ086204). The estate is Glenlochy (managed by M. Osborne). Sign the e-petition…
Useful reminder – bye bye Hawk and Owl Trust
The Talking Naturally podcasts are essential listening these days. I certainly enjoyed the latest one with Philip Merricks, chair of the Hawk and Owl Trust. And it was useful in jogging my memory. The whole thing was basically about brood meddling – a scheme promoted by a bunch of shooting organisations and the Hawk and…
Henry visits Conon Bridge
We are still waiting for an announcement from the police on what actually happened when 14 Red Kites and 5 buzzards were poisoned near Inverness about 18 months ago. Henry tells me that he is looking forward to his first visit to the Bird Fair this weekend. Ban driven grouse shooting.