Martyn and Joe in Lush Northampton

I strolled into the Northampton branch of Lush this morning at 0910 and asked about this ‘Hen Harrier campaign thing’. Crikey was I impressed! Martyn was able to tell me loads – and all of it was right. He really knew his stuff although he clearly isn’t a ‘birder’. After we had got to the…

Return of Mr White…

Just when you thought it was safe to go back on the grouse moors…the return of Mr White and Reservoir Cats. Mr White retired from writing about 4 years ago, only to be tempted out of retirement to write the first Guest Blog on this site, but then, to all of our regret, he simply…

Guest Blog – silence of the guns by Rob Yorke

Rob Yorke (@blackgull) is a hunter naturalist and rural commentator based in the Black Mountains of South Wales. He carries, at times, both a gun and binoculars and outlines below a possible scenario set in northern England after a ban on driven grouse shooting has been in force for a number of years. The characters…