Category: Grouse and harriers
English Hen Harrier population increase modelled – brood meddled nests not a factor
A recent BTO report – click here – comes to the unsurprising conclusion that brood meddling of Hen Harrier nests made little or no contribution to the recent rise and fall of the Hen Harrier breeding population. As was predicted in advance, brood meddling is a distraction and an irrelevance. The drivers of the steep…
Toxic lead in unsustainable Red Grouse
There are many reasons for signing the petition to ban driven grouse shooting – click here – and this study provides two more reasons at different levels. The study looks at Red Grouse carcasses bought on the open market which were intended for human consumption and found that all 78 carcasses contained lead shot and…
46,000 signatures to ban driven grouse shooting and an appalling government response
Our petition to ban driven grouse shooting has passed 46,000 and, fingers crossed, is making good progress towards the 100,000 signatures target that will secure a debate in the Westminster parliament on the future of intensive, unsustainable grouse shooting. Thank you to all who have signed so far – 50,000 signatures is not far away…
English Hen Harrier numbers slump
Natural England has published, in more detail than in previous years (click here), the numbers of Hen Harriers nesting in England – they are down this year. Numbers in 2024 are lower than in 2023 and 2022 and only slightly higher than in 2021. This year puts an end to a run of years of…