Hen Harriers still in the news

Today’s Farming Today is worth a listen (8 minutes in). There is a conversation between the Moorland Association’s Amanda ‘If we let the Hen Harrier in, we will soon have nothing else‘ Anderson and the much more rational and consistent RSPB spokesperson, Cathleen Thomas. Amanda sticks to the nonsense about it being ‘the grouse shooters…

Red Kites in July

I’m keeping a note of whether I see Red Kites on each day through the year – the July tally was a rather low 15 days out of 31 .   January: 22 days out of 31. February: 24 days out of 28. March: 26 days out of 31. April: 20 days out of 30….