Standing up for Nature
Henry is looking forward to Hen Harrier Day on 9 August. He keeps coming up with good ideas about it. Birders Against Wildlife Crime are working away to organise at least one event, and other people want to do their own thing too. If you were in Buxton on the evening of 8 August there…
Dentdale is very pretty and Henry really wanted to go into the Sportsman’s Inn to have a chat about grouse shooting. I managed to distract him and we looked for Dippers on the beck outside instead. In Dent itself Henry asked me about the GWCT and their boss Teresa Dent. I told him that the…
Swinton Park, down the road from yesterday’s Henry photo near the spot where Hen Harrier Bowland Betty was found dead, looks a swanky place. I wonder whether grouse is on the menu there? Would Henry be welcome? The Dorchester Grill does not serve grouse, they tell me. Not many replies, so far, from other restaurants…
Henry looks sad near the place where Bowland Betty, a young satellite-tagged Hen Harrier, was found dead in 2012. ‘So, these are the Yorkshire Dales’ said Henry. See here for more of the story. #HaveYouSeenHenry?
Henry used to be quite a fan of the Hawk and Owl Trust but when he heard they were siding with grouse shooters, and were in favour of meddling with any chicks he might produce, Henry went a bit cold on them. He wasn’t the only one. Henry says that the Hawk and Owl Trust…