Guest blog – Wildfire and Moorland Management by Bob Berzins

Wildfire and Moorland Management The moorland above Carrbrook Greater Manchester has been devastated by one of the largest moorland fires in recent years. The fire started on 24th June and burnt for around three weeks covering an area of 18 sq km. The cloud of smoke was visible from space and residents had to abandon…

Shoddy misportrayal by BBC Radio 4 – not for the first time.

The Radio 4 Today programme  is making a habit of attending the Game Fair and it covered quite a lot of ground, some of it quite well, this morning. Well done to Georgia Locock for speaking up against intensive grouse shooting.  Georgia, a first-year undergraduate, was put up against 33 year-old, experienced spokesperson for shooting,…

#justice4henharriers

There’s not much to report but it’s an excuse to repost one of Gordon Yates’s wonderful images. I met with our lawyers last week.  We are still waiting to hear whether we have leave to appeal. We hope to hear, one way or another, by the end of July which isn’t far away, but even…

Thunderous Mr Wilde

  The thunderous Findlay Wilde has a thunderclap going. It will go out on 12 August, the Inglorious 12th, a while before he gets his GCSE results! It seems as though Findlay has been around for ages, he’s an established figure – an established figure and he hasn’t got to the sixth form yet. Well…

Good news from the Dark Peak

The National Trust has announced that a nest of Hen Harriers with four chicks is on their land, on a grouse moor.  They sound quite surprised by this:   ‘We’re delighted to learn of this nest.‘ said Jon Stewart, the National Trust’s General Manager for the Peak District. ‘The hen harrier has been one of…