Few Red Grouse were shot in the UK this year, mainly because of disease and bad weather. But regardless of grouse bags, this was a very bad year for driven grouse shooting and hastened the end of this worthless hobby. The case against driven grouse shooting is that it depends on intensive management that involves…
Category: EVENTS: BirdFair, HHDay, Game Fair etc
Glorious (by Tim Wootton)
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You are running out of time to visit the SWLA exhibition in the Mall Galleries, but you still have Friday, Saturday and until 1pm on Sunday. If you turn up there you might be struck by this lovely painting (or four of them) by Orkney-based artist Tim Wootton. Entitled Glorious, Tim tells me that it…
Bye bye Game Fair
I regret the passing of the Game Fair as I’ve had quite a lot of fun there over the years. But it was very obvious this year that there weren’t many folk around on the Friday at least. But Henry enjoyed his first, and apparently only, visit, very much (Henry’s Game Fair, 2 August). I…
Henry was at the Bird Fair
When Henry was at the Bird Fair last weekend he had a satellite tag fitted to him. You can see that the tag correctly located Henry in Rutland, and correctly located him at the right end of Rutland Water, and correctly mapped his flights around the Bird Fair marquees. You can see how detailed…
More Bird Fair reflections
Continued from yesterday… 4. The Food and Drink Things changed this year and the main, central, ‘foodhall’ area was completely different. Several outlets selling noodles, burgers, fish and chips, churros, bacon baps etc. I can’t say I sampled them all – nothing like! – but what I did have was pretty good. I’d say,…
Reflections on the Bird Fair
I enjoyed it! I always enjoy it. 1. Henry the Hen Harrier I wasn’t sure about Henry when the idea was first mooted – all sounded a bit silly to me. But it has worked very well in practice – I should have had more faith, or more imagination, or more of both. At…
Henry at the Bird Fair – Day 3 (6 and last)
A few more photos – thanks to everyone for being such good sports. And being so friendly. The Wildlife Trusts are, of course, co-organisers of the Bird Fair with the RSPB, and it takes place on a Leics and Rutland WT nature reserve each year. A bif ‘Thanks!’ to them. Henry can count on…
Henry at the Bird Fair – Day 3 (5)
The League Against Cruel Sports has been a regular attender and exhibitor at the Bird Fair for about seven or eight years, I think. They can be relied upon to have a hard-hitting stand such as this one. Isn’t it striking? I did smile a little when I noticed that the Hawk and Owl Trust…
Henry at the Bird Fair – Day 3 (4)
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Henry might have a bit of a relaxing break this week, and he’s thinking of going to some of these places with some of these people… Maybe here…? Or here…? And maybe you might want to take something to read with you. Henry recommends this… And Duncan from Wildsounds will be happy to sell…
Henry at the Bird Fair – Day 3 (3)
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Henry reads all the best magazines and gets his information from the best sources…