Standing up for Nature
On Sunday I’ll be heading to the Highlands Hen Harrier Day event, the northernmost ever, in the Boat of Garten Community Hall, 1pm start. Free admission. Speakers: Dr Mark Avery – Author, blogger and conservationist. Andy Wightman MSP – Writer and advocate of land reform. Allan Bantick – former chair of SWT Ian Thomson –…
A big thank you to all those involved in organising Hen Harrier Day events this year – it’s a lot of work, I know. On Saturday there are events at: RSPB Rainham Marshes Sheffield RSPB Loch Leven Glenarriff Forest Park On Sunday there are events at: RSPB Arne Dunsop Bridge, Lancs Isle…
After meeting in the Derwent Valley in 2014, the #sodden570, and then assembling in the Goyt Valley in 2015, followed by a gathering in Edale last year, the Peak District area Hen Harrier Day event is slap bang in the middle of Sheffield this Saturday. The event will be ‘chaired’ by Liz Ballard, CEO of…
This is a classic book – and one which was given to me by a girlfriend as a Christmas present 40 years ago. It has been with me ever since and right now it sits within reach on the shelf above my desk. I was asked to write the Foreword for this book and was…
Remember this video? Filmed in 2013, but only released in May this year, and it resulted in no prosecution. Hen Harriers are killed on grouse moors because they eat Red Grouse that people want to shoot for fun. Hen Harriers have had full legal protection since 1954 and yet the main factor determining their range…