Standing up for Nature
Whether you can or can’t attend Hen Harrier Eve, and whether you can or can’t attend Hen Harrier Day, you can, if you use social media, add your name to a message that will go around the world at 10am on Hen Harrier Day saying: “We’re missing our Hen Harriers – and we want them…
Guest blogs – get in touch if you’d like to write one. I can’t promise I’ll say yes until I see it – but that seems fair. These are the Guest blogs published here so far this year: The Good Intentions Paving Company by Tim Bidie (aka Monro) 14 January Shared Planet by Mary Colwell-Hector…
We’re still at Langholm – there’s Sir John’s monument in the far distance on the hill. Does Henry look disturbed? Well maybe a little. We had spent ages sitting in the car looking over Langholm Moor in the pleasant sunshine of early June (for that is when we were there) waiting for the crowds to…
It would, perhaps, be a bit surprising if the guys at Raptor Persecution Scotland weren’t keen on Inglorious – but stranger things have happened. And so I was relieved that they seemed to love it! Inglorious is not a book about raptors – it’s a book about the ills of driven grouse shooting. But there…
The Talking Naturally podcasts are a fortnightly good listen. I’ve subscribed to them on my phone. In the latest podcast I am interviewed about Hen Harrier Day, Inglorious, how much I am loved by the shooting industry and the beer for honours question. It’s the type of thing you’ll like if you like this sort…
Whether you can or can’t attend Hen Harrier Eve, and whether you can or can’t attend Hen Harrier Day, you can, if you use social media, add your name to a message that will go around the world at 10am on Hen Harrier Day saying: “We’re missing our Hen Harriers – and we want them…
Dear Natural England A few things for your attention please. 1. Yesterday I submitted an FoI request to you asking for all the records of, and documents related to, NE Board discussions on SSSI, SPA and SAC designation programmes, ‘gate zero’ and changes in strategy and approach. I look forward to seeing them soon or…
Dear Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs You’ve been in the job for a year (although you had time off in the election campaign I know). What have you achieved for the natural environment? I can’t, honestly, think of a thing. Can you? How confident are you that the UK will meet…
You see? I said Henry was with me at Langholm. There’s Sir John’s monument again atop the hill. In the foreground there is not only a six foot Hen Harrier (isn’t he lovely? don’t you just want to give him a cuddle?) but also a couple of bits of wood nailed together in the shape…
Whether you can or can’t attend Hen Harrier Eve, and whether you can or can’t attend Hen Harrier Day, you can, if you use social media, add your name to a message that will go around the world at 10am on Hen Harrier Day saying: “We’re missing our Hen Harriers – and we want them…