You may remember (or you may not, which is why I am reminding you) that I contrasted the view of Hen Harrier biology of Charles Moore, Spectator columnist and grouse shooter, with that of published science by the RSPB (Compare and contrast, 23 August)(see the data above and Mr Moore’s comment at foot of…
Category: BAN DRIVEN GROUSE SHOOTING
Two things – short note
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Our e-petition to ban driven grouse shooting has just passed 118,000 signatures and over 300 of you (not counting couples as two people, actually) have contacted your MPs on the subject in the last week or so. Thank you! We have momentum! Firm briefing!
The PM didn’t say this – but she should
We will see. The Conservative Party positioning on the hobby of driven grouse shooting is currently pretty much unreservedly in favour of it and apologists for it. When Defra, under the previous Prime Minister of course, responded to our e-petition to ban driven grouse shooting after it passed 10,000 signatures, the then minister at Defra,…
Maybe they will turn up to this one?
Conference: raptors, uplands and peatlands. Sheffield 9 and 10 September After the failure of the so-called leaders of the shooting community to argue their case and their cause at the Bird Fair they are sending out their seconds to this conference in Sheffield in a couple of weeks time. See, hear and question Tim Baynes…
Bit rude Ms Coffey
Dear minister I sent you a copy of my book, Inglorious – conflict in the uplands, over a month ago and haven’t yet received an acknowledgement. That’s very rude of you and Defra isn’t it? By the way, your predecessor was equally rude. Since I sent you that book, which has had rave reviews, and…
Letter from my MP
Many of you are beginning to receive letters from your MPs about the expected debate on banning driven grouse shooting. Tomorrow’s blog post will give you some information for some ‘Firm briefing’ of your MP. Also, tomorrow evening I will post the ‘Star letter of the week’ from an MP to a constituent. I hope…
The Bird Fair – some pictures with me in them
The world’s most-loved Hen Harrier gets all the glamour gigs but I enjoyed the Bird Fair too – I’ll give you some thoughts tomorrow. But here are some images with just a few words. I see that Simon Lester has his own version of the Q&A at the Bird Fair out on the GWCT website….
The BBC and driven grouse shooting
The week before last there was copious coverage of driven grouse shooting before, on and after the inglorious 12th in the media – quite a lot of that was on BBC channels. This post is about how the BBC handled it and whether or not they were fair. I’d give the BBC only 5 out…
Henry at the Bird Fair
Here are some more images of the world’s favourite Hen Harrier at the Bird Fair fraternising with a whole bunch of suspected eco-zealots. Wildsounds and author Prof Tim Birkhead (review of The Most Perfect Thing here). Thanks to Duncan and team for some great book signings during the Bird Fair. Eco-zealots’ favourite magazine? Here Henry…
Hawk and Owl Trust being destroyed from within
At the Bird Fair I walked past the large stand of the Hawk and Owl Trust many times – there was a small group of volunteers there but I saw no visitors (in contrast to the small BAWC stand which was very, very busy). Several others commented on the same thing. One claimed to see…