Category: Grouse and harriers

Sue Hayman, the Shadow Environment Secretary has called for an end to rotational heather burning and an independent review into the economic, environmental and wildlife impacts of driven grouse shooting. ‘Driven grouse shooting uses intensive land and wildlife management to create a false environment in which grouse flourish. Natural habitats and ecosystems are managed in…

  There are many thunderous supporters of Findlay Wide’s thunderclap that will echo out on 12 August. Supporters include the RSPB, RSPCA, Wildlife Trusts, Chris Packham, Caroline Lucas MP, Natalie Bennett, Nick Miles, Birdwatch, Birdguides, Rare Bird Alert, Birders Against Wildlife Crime and lots and lots of others, as you can see by the numbers…

This morning, in this blog, the RSPB have published this video … … which has prompted this excellent blog by RaptorPersecutionUK.

  The Angus Glens Moorland Group need not only to go to Specsavers but also back to school (where I imagine they might spend quite a lot of time in detention). Their maths, English, science and logic are all in need of some education. Raptor Persecution UK have quite rightly taken the mickey out of…

  This new e-petition which mentions grouse shooting is on the UK parliament website – I won’t be signing this one as I think it is badly timed and too broad.   But these two petitions are well worth signing: An independent study to find if driven grouse shooting is of economic benefit. End grouse…