The Peak District National Park wants to know what you think – so you should tell them. This is the consultation document and this is the 52-question questionnaire. Here’s a tip: if you are planning on responding then it’s a good idea to open these two things in two separate tabs so that you can…
Category: BAN DRIVEN GROUSE SHOOTING
Peak District snares on the regional news this evening
Following this morning’s blog about snares in the Peak District, the Hunt Investigation team’s film was used on the BBC regional news, and the footage shown includes a masked man shooting into a deep pit and then further footage of what seems to be the same masked man dragging off a dead badger. Click here…
BASC doesn’t want us to see this film
This is a bit odd. Almost a year ago a filmmaker approached me (and others) to be filmed about the campaign against driven grouse shooting. I agreed to be filmed and I thought that the film might appear after the Westminster Hall debate. I’d almost forgotten all about it by now. I was sent the…
Hen Harriers on WatO
If you were listening to the World at One today (starting at 38 minutes into piece) you will have heard a long piece on Hen Harriers. Well done WatO! And well done RSPB (especially Ian Thomson and Blanaid Denman). The bird in question looks like these images by Gordon Yates – super bird isn’t…
Not telling, yet…
I emailed the NE Media Office this morning with the following simple questions: Has NE consented culling of Lesser Black-backed Gull in the Bowland Fells SSSI for this year? Was an appropriate assessment made of the impact on the conservation interest of the Bowland Fells SPA before any consent was issued? Please may I see…
Sunday book review – The Hen Harrier (2nd edition) by the late Donald Watson
This is a classic book – and one which was given to me by a girlfriend as a Christmas present 40 years ago. It has been with me ever since and right now it sits within reach on the shelf above my desk. I was asked to write the Foreword for this book and was…
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Are you inspired by Hen Harriers in the PDNP?
Are you inspired by Hen Harriers in the PDNP? Would you like to be? Then this is your opportunity – complete the consultation by the end of July. The whole plan is very weak on biodiversity preferring to talk about people all the time. I’ll come back to this. Many thanks to Bob Berzins…
How you can help the Hen Harrier
Remember this video? Filmed in 2013, but only released in May this year, and it resulted in no prosecution. Hen Harriers are killed on grouse moors because they eat Red Grouse that people want to shoot for fun. Hen Harriers have had full legal protection since 1954 and yet the main factor determining their range…
RSPB, what’s the plan?
Martin Harper, the RSPB Conservation Director says, ‘The hen harrier, by contrast, has suffered a significant setback in its recovery according to the results of a recent UK survey. It is on the brink of extinction as a breeding bird in England…how do I explain their absence to my children? Well actually, Martin said that…