Read this piece in the Guardian by Karl Mathieson. The YFTB press release: The government figures show that there were 12 hen harrier nests in England this year of which 6 succeeded and 6 failed. All 6 of the failures were on RSPB controlled land in Bowland and Geltsdale. All 6 of the successful nests…
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A better year for Hen Harriers in England – not a good year
The ‘government report’ mentioned in yesterday’s awful Telegraph misconstruction of a story has turned, as I said it would, into a Natural England press release (copied below)(Telegraph fail). And the criticism of the RSPB has turned into … well … nothing (Telegraph fail). It’s interesting that two of the successful nests are on FC land…
No class at all
The Times reports today that a billionaire businessman is one of the funders of the hopeless and misleading You Forgot the Birds campaign against the RSPB. Old Harrovian Crispin Odey, reckons that the RSPB is whipping up class resentment against grouse shooting so he has helped to fund the excesses of the You Forgot the…
It’s traditional
I was posting some (free!) copies of Inglorious to various points of the compass where Hen Harrier Day events are happening and the lady in the post office and I had the following exchange: Her: What is in the parcels? Me: Books Her: Are they valuable? Me: Priceless! I wrote them and have signed…
Henry finds some more friends in the Peak District
As we move closer and closer to Hen Harrier Day on Sunday, Henry met up with friends from the Derbyshire Wildlife Trust – strong supporters of Hen Harrier Day. On the left is Tim Birch who wrote a Guest Blog for this site last year. This photo was taken a while ago and yesterday Tim…
E-petition to ban driven grouse shooting passes 9,000
Five days to go until Hen Harrier Day and the e-petition to ban driven grouse shooting scorches past 9,000 signatures. Let’s get to 10,000 by the weekend – please sign here!
You forgot the truth
If you saw this bit of nonsense in the Daily Telegraph today then you probably just shrugged it off. This piece of ‘journalism’ is prompted by a You Forgot the Birds press release and the details were not, I am told, checked with either Natural England or the RSPB. The YFTB press release was entitled…
Hen Harrier Eve – message to attendees and last chance to get a ticket.
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Last chance to buy a ticket There are 19 remaining seats available for the Hen Harrier Eve event at the Palace Hotel at Buxton on Saturday evening. Tickets will not be available for purchase on the door on the evening. Your last chance to get one of these tickets (£10) is to email me, mark@markavery.info,…
Devon – the bats
I’m really glad the gulls didn’t get me because I wanted to see some bats – Greater Horseshoe Bats (GHBs). Going down to Devon was definitely a ‘family’ thing, not a ‘work’ thing, or a ‘birds’ thing, and so I hadn’t really thought about the wildlife aspects of the visit – except the killer gulls…
Henry amongst friends and heading to Hen Harrier Day
Henry and I visited the RSPB at The Lodge – and gathered quite a crowd! As well as Bob the Squirrel there is the RSPB Conservation Director, Martin Harper, in the photograph and quite a few friends of mine and of Henry’s. The RSPB feature so many times in Inglorious that I’m not going to…