Standing up for Nature
Our appeal on brood meddling? We are still waiting to hear something from the courts. I wouldn’t want you to think that I had dropped this appeal, it’s just that the legal system is quite slow. The wheels of justice turn slowly but grind exceedingly fine Whatever the resolution of this case, you will hear…
You may remember that c10 days ago I published some information received from Natural England about brood meddling (see here). There was some information missing from that response which has now been supplied in the form of this interesting email from Prof Ken Norris to the rest of the scientific steering group; Note that this…
AbstractThe hen harrier is a heavily persecuted bird of prey in Great Britain since its diet includes Red grouse, a game bird shot in driven and walked-up grouse shooting. Unlike walked-up shooting where shooters walk up moors and flush grouse with dogs, in driven grouse shooting the grouse are driven by beaters towards static shooters….
Here are three somewhat disguised but accurate quotes from RSPB local groups on the subject of driven grouse shooting: I am Group Leader for the ******* Group. I have been an RSPB member for [decades] and a volunteer for [decades]. However, I struggle to see how DGS as a licenced activity would enhance biodiversity, combat…
England’s uplands are infested By old money and interests vested Lords, Earls, Viscounts and Dukes Morally bankrupt driven grouse shoots But don’t meddle with The rural way of life Swathed in lies Publicly subsidized Cloak and dagger Soaked in blood This traditional slaughter Fusillade and laughter Wildlife murdered Where are our Hen Harriers? Insurmountable barriers…
We are often told that Hen Harriers depend on grouse moors for their survival – this is a big lie rather than a small one. The fact is that Hen Harrier breeding success over a long period of time (in England and Scotland) and survival (as measured by the lack of survival of satellite-tagged birds…
Information recently received through Environmental Information requests – some areas are still to be answered in any detail. But this does show us the identity of the Scientific Advisory Group and formally discloses some relevant information on the brood meddling process. Interesting, I feel, that NE don’t know how much time they have spent on…
Download this poster from here or from Chris Packham’s website, print it out and then display it somewhere, please. At work? In a shop window? At a local wildlife event? I’m sure you can find somewhere – please do. Time is short as there is likely to be a general election called soon-ish and then…
Here is a table of petitions on the Westminster parliament website – they are ordered by their petition number (smaller numbers = earlier petitions). To get your petition into the system you have to write it (creation date; all dates are in July so 1 = 1 July, 22 = 22 July and 44 =…
John Armitage is an old colleague of mine from the RSPB and was formerly what then was a Regional Officer, but would now be a Regional Director, for what would then have been Northwest England but would now be about half of Northern England. He had a long and detailed involvement in the Forest of…
