The Inglorious 12th

A week today the grouse shooting season opens (although because it’s Sunday there won’t be any shooting). I wrote this book, Inglorious, to document the ills of driven grouse shooting and to help energise a movement for change. We aren’t there yet – but we are getting closer all the time. Thank you to everyone…

Tim Melling – Tengmalm’s Owl

Tim writes: this small owl inhabits in the boreal forest zone across Scandinavia, Siberia and North America, nesting in old woodpecker holes or nest boxes.  Although it is relatively numerous it is one of Europe’s most difficult owls to see as it is largely nocturnal, though in the short summer nights at high latitudes it…

And now there are seven (Icelandic whaling letter from tour operators)

The letter below was sent to nine travel companies asking them whether they would sign up. So far we have seven signatures and two refusals (see below). I have no beef with the two companies, so far, who have said a polite ‘no’. All companies are different, they face different constraints and signing this letter…