Well, thank heavens for that! And let’s thank the SNP government for having the balls to move decisively (after a bit of a long wait) to announce that they will bring in regulation on driven grouse shooting, muirburn and the use of medicated grit. I was struck by the widespread support for this move from…
Category: BAN DRIVEN GROUSE SHOOTING
Werritty and Westminster
It will be interesting to see how much of the above picture by Mr Carbo will be affected by tomorrow’s statement on Werritty. But BASC and the Countryside Alliance are also predicting that there will be a Westminster Hall debate on grouse shooting in early December. If so, and it’s not listed yet, then this…
Burning debate
I’ve just watched the Westminster Hall debate on moorland burning. I’ve seen quite a few of these in my time and my expectations are not very high, but this one wasn’t too bad. Having said that, I suspect many readers of this blog could have done a decent job on the subject, but you have…
This afternoon, 4:30-5:30
Olivia Blake is the Labour MP for Sheffield Hallam.
Westminster Hall debate on moorland burning scheduled for Wednesday
Thought to be 16:30-17:30 – it will be interesting to see which backbench MPs show up. More details when I know them.
Hen Harrier brood meddling returns to court in 2021
In January 2018 Natural England issued a licence for brood meddling (some called it brood management) of Hen Harriers. I challenged the legality of this straight away (and RSPB did soon after) and was given permission to seek judicial review of the decision (as were the RSPB). We went to court in December 2018 and…
Good news!
Just a few minutes ago the Langholm Moor Community Buyout passed its fundraising target – but I’m sure they’d like a little more too.
Waiting, waiting, waiting…
One does wonder what the Scottish government is waiting for – surely it has made up its mind on the Werritty report. Why dither any longer? But the words in this recent response to correspondence do look vaguely promising.
A walk in Nidderdale
It’s difficult to imagine why this land in Nidderdale might be closed on these days during the grouse shooting season – but the closure does not affect the rights of way. A land owner can restrict public access for 28 days/year without having to give any reason – this seems perfectly fair to me. There…
Thinking of going for a walk this weekend?
I’ve heard the Peak District National Park, our oldest National Park, is very nice… Try the road from Manchester to Barnsley (which is also the road from Barnsley to Manchester) near the Woodhead Pass, perhaps… And the area south of the main road along Middle Small Clough looks nice from the road … Well, admittedly…