Oscar writes: while I was in Richmond Park one evening I was told about a family of little owls with two chicks that had been seen in a small bit of woodland. Next morning I was up at 3.45 to get there for before sunrise, and as I approached the trees I could immediately see…
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More on the Game Fair
Yesterday I didn’t go to the Game Fair but the Today programme did. And Farming Today were there too. Farming Today repeated C(W)TG’s Andrew Gilruth’s inability to answer a question here after about 15 minutes. Did you notice how Andrew claimed that grouse moors had been designated because they were teeming with wildlife? He’s such…
Two more reviews of Inglorious
James Attlee in the Independent ‘ Avery is a reasonable man; by his own admission “a wishy-washy liberal” who has engaged in fruitless years of dialogue with the grouse-shooting industry in his efforts to gain concessions. Once roused, however, he proves indefatigable. So far the political connections and powerful lobbying of the industry has maintained the…
Henry’s Game Fair
I’ve been to many Game Fairs but this was Henry’s first. He was a little bit nervous but he had a gaggle of burly minders with him. As well as myself there were Lawrie and Phil from BAWC and Alan Davies from The Biggest Twitch. It was a rather quiet Game Fair I felt, fewer…
Join the Hen Harrier Day thunderclap – update 5
A week today, at 10am, a simply message will be sent out around 4 million times through Twitter, Facebook and tumblr. “We’re missing our Hen Harriers – and we want them back!” This message is almost completely uncontroversial which is no doubt why it has gathered such widespread support from organisations and individuals involved in…
A week away – and very nearly sold out
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A week today is Hen Harrier Eve when over 250 people (but the room can hold 300 so there are a few tickets available) will gather to celebrate the Hen Harrier ahead of the Hen Harrier Day rally in the Peak District the next morning (9 August, Goyt Valley). Hen Harrier Eve – 8…
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Henry finds another butt
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Inglorious in the media
In Tuesday’s Independent by me In Thursday’s Times (Scotland only?) by Lindsay Mcintosh and Robbie Hurley On Thursday’s BBC Radio 4 Farming Today (7m30s into it). Ban driven grouse shooting – please sign up here.
Off to the Game Fair
This afternoon at 2pm I am the token leftie on a panel at the CLA Game Fair – it’s very nice of them to invite me. In theory, we are discussing whether landowners are friends or foes of wildlife. I suspect we might get on to grouse shooting at some stage. I wish Henry were…