Thanks Mark, for allowing us the opportunity to introduce ourselves! We are the Moorland Monitors – a group of local people from raptor, mammal and ecological backgrounds who want to combine forces to protect the wild species and wild spaces of the Peak District grouse moors. We believe that local people and visitors can play…
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Gender pay gap data
The gender pay gap is a very blunt measure of anything – because it does not measure whether both (or more) genders get paid the same amount for the same job. But the data are out there. This is what I’ve discovered so far (data rounded to nearest whole number): If you’d like me…
Hare today, goner tomorrow!
The Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust is helping with a survey of Mountain Hares. They’ve got the science to tackle a job like this. To see a shocking video of Mountain Hare ‘management’ see here.
Those 48,166 (now 48,173) signatures
The analyses presented here (provided by ‘a reader’ – to whom many thanks) resemble closely those generated last time. They show that rural constituencies (England only was analysed) are stronger supporters of banning driven grouse shooting than are urban constituencies (with mixed urban/rural constituencies in the middle)(top graph). We’re used to this – but it…
Guest blog – ELS/HLS madness by Andrew Carter
Andrew Carter is a farmer in South Wilts with a pedigree Aberdeen-Angus herd which is making use of both chalk downland and meadows in the Hampshire Avon valley – much within the current Higher Level Stewardship scheme. He practices conventional arable farming, but with a high quantity of environmental balancing. A lifelong interest in natural…