A reader of this blog was pleased to see a male Hen Harrier pictured on this Environment Agency sign on the Jubilee river (which is the flood prevention scheme near Slough – of all places). It would be possible to see a Hen Harrier near there in winter but it would be a good…
Category: Grouse and harriers
Occupy this naked butt!
Doesn’t this butt look just right for occupation? A while ago someone tried to post a comment on this blog, and then followed up with another comment. Both are reproduced below in edited versions. I have edited the two comments to remove anything that might be libellous or offensive, and to protect the identity…
Access clarified?
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Further to my enquiries (see here and here) about how I, as a member of the public, find out about access to ‘open access’ land in the uplands I have received this email from the Peak District National Park: Thank you for your email and for providing a link to your blog. The restriction…
Pigeon plague on moorlands over Britain
There has clearly been a plague of pigeons attacking this valuable heather crop on an SSSI in the Peak District – that’s the only reason for employing bird-scaring devices such as this gas gun (and what are those white flags for?) in an SSSI during the breeding season. Obviously. Since a gas gun doesn’t fall…
This was not a fake review
When I criticised Rules restaurant on the site Tripadvisor it really was me, and I really meant it – even though some comments on similar sites are apparently fake ones. I asked Rules, having been there as a customer, about the provenance of its game meat and whether it was completely up to date with…