Natural England – let’s be fair

I’m told that I should read the 18 January issue of Country Life for a more positive insight into the Chair of Natural England’s views (by one of his loyal staff). Well I’m keen to have a look but it may take some time as Country Life doesn’t squeeze through my letterbox on a regular…

Shooting in Wales

Natural Resources Wales is reviewing the use of firearms on its (your) land. Lead ammunition? Woodcock, Snipe and Golden Plover? Why are there Pheasant shoots on NRW land?   Ceri Davies, NRW’s Director of Evidence, Policy and Permitting said: ‘We want to make the most of the land we manage for the people, economy and…

Back to the plaque

Do you remember the plaque? The blue plaque? The blue plaque that attached itself to a shooting lodge in Rosedale in the North York Moors National Park and then mysteriously vanished when this blog mentioned it? You do?  (for new readers, see Here’s a puzzle for you, 27 September; Did someone nick a plaque? 27…

Reply from Defra

I wrote to my MP asking him to pass on my approval of what George Eustice, the agriculture minister, said about funding for grouse moors in his remarks at the Oxford Farming Conference. Here is the reply. It doesn’t say that much, but MPs, ministers, in fact all of us, like being told that we…