You may remember that last year the likes of Ian Botham and the not-so-talented Viscount Ridley were using an unpublished ‘survey’ to prop up their view that grouse shooting is great for wildlife. At the time, Matt Ridley refused to disclose the data on which he based his claim with ‘It was a privately commissioned…
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Marsh Harriers on Denton Moor
You may remember this video released by the RSPB last week … …and the RSPB blog on the case. Denton Moor is in the Nidderdale AONB and the relevant part of the moor is owned by the prestigious engineering firm NG Bailey. They commented to me as follows; RSPB/Marsh harrier incident on Denton Moor…
Grouse shooters – your time is running out
Patrick Barkham in the Guardian today. ‘Grouse shooting has survived so far because big landowners can ignore sea changes in public opinion. But politicians cannot.‘ ‘As grouse shooting becomes socially toxic, businesses will also shy away. And the lavish subsidies pocketed by grouse moor owners will vanish with Brexit.’ …and more. Please read it…
It’s been a really bad few days for the grouse shooters (9)
Yes, it’s been a really bad few days for the grouse shooters Bad days (1), Bad days (2), Bad days (3), Bad days (4), Bad days (5), Bad days (6), Bad days (7), Bad days (8). And added to all that, there were the recent results of the 2016 Hen Harrier survey which showed a further…
It’s been a really bad few days for the grouse shooters (8)
The poll on whether grouse shooting should be banned (Banned remember! Not better regulated – the whole nine yards of banning) in the Yorkshire Post (the Yorkshire Post – not the Islington Post) is neatly poised at close to 50:50 after more than 10,000 votes. In fact, not banning it was a smidgeon (second use…
It’s been a really bad few days for the grouse shooters (7)
I’m really not well up on what happened in the English uplands this weekend – not just on Ilkley Moor (above) but also elsewhere. I’d be keen to know what happened – can anyone tell please? And I have always wondered where the legal line is about walking on moors when shooting might be…
It’s been a really bad few days for the grouse shooters (6)
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And then there were all those Hen Harrier Day events – more highly attended than ever before. Here are some photos and estimates of attendances – some revised from earlier. Let’s travel from south to north. Hen Harrier Day South – 500 attendees for speeches – many more interactions through the day. Hen…
It’s been a really bad few days for the grouse shooters (5)
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When a man with a fairly posh accent says, on the BBC’s flagship morning news programme, ‘Any bird that gets in the way of that [the cash crop of grouse shooting] is annihilated‘ then it’s time to start thinking of selling your grouse moor before its value plummets. David Cobham was talking to John Humphreys…
It’s been a really bad few days for the grouse shooters (4)
This video of tweed-clad armed men repeatedly visiting a Marsh Harrier nest on a Yorkshire moor, released by the RSPB last week, is being investigated by the police. Let’s hope it is seen many more times than the 5000 so far – the RSPB needs to promote these hard-won pieces of evidence much more forcefully….
It’s been a really bad few days for the grouse shooters (3)
I know I mention Twitter a lot here, and some readers are completely familiar with it and others completely bemused. This little post will sort out which side of that divide you are on! BASC, the Bullying Aggressive Shooting Community (or something like that), suggested to their followers that they should take a selfie (photograph…