The National Trust is moving towards a new future on grouse shooting on their land in the Dark Peak of the Peak District National Park – although it’s a rather complicated one. For new readers, the National Trust, a conservation charity, is parting company with its shooting tenant in the Peak District due to what…
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The Conservative environment
So, no ministerial changes in Defra (and no pulse quickening ministerial changes at all in the Conservative reset). It’s a pity that Therese Coffey keeps her job but we must all look forward to the government response to the invisible Jane Griggs’s e-petition in favour of grouse shooting with its claim that birds of prey…
Quite interesting – but not very meaningful
This article by the Countryside Alliance is quite interesting but not very convincing. The CA says that it believes that the most pressing issue for shooting is to self-regulate. I think that we can take that to mean that they are scared of anyone else regulating them – and so they should be because…
Wild food (25) – Red Deer by Ian Carter
It’s taking a bit of liberty including this image under the wild food banner, but the Red Deer certainly qualifies as a species that can be eaten. Indeed, some would argue that along with other wild deer it is one of the most sustainable forms of meat available here in Britain, albeit one that is…
Yesterday
Yesterday: 1. I went for a walk: gosh it was cold! I went somewhere where a drake Smew had recently been seen, and the weather seemed perfect for a snow-white duck from the far north, but I didn’t see one. I did see a pair of Goosander and lots of other ducks but I actually…