In fact – tickets available NOW! See foot of this post. Hen Harrier Eve – 8 August 2015 1830 Doors open, and so does the bar, in the High Peak room of the Palace Hotel, Buxton for Hen Harrier Eve – an evening to celebrate the Hen Harrier.. 1930 Mark Avery – an…
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Jeremy Deller confirms attendance at Hen Harrier Eve event
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Jeremy Deller is a Turner Prize-winning artist, one of whose works is pictured above (and another below). I talked to him back in the autumn. Jeremy has just confirmed he can attend the Hen Harrier Eve event in the Palace Hotel in Buxton on the evening of 8 August (before a Hen Harrier Day rally…
Five weeks today we’ll be at the Palace Hotel
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Five weeks today, at the Palace Hotel Buxton, there will be an evening to celebrate the Hen Harrier. Henry is celebrating already! Tickets will go on sale in a week’s time, at £10 per head. The event will feature: Chris Packham, Mark Cocker (Buxton-born author), local performers, Jeremy Deller (Turner Prize winning artist see here…
Seven weeks today
In seven weeks time, at 1930, an evening to celebrate the Hen Harrier will start in the Palace Hotel, Buxton. The event will feature Chris Packham, Mark Cocker, Henry the Hen Harrier and myself, and a cast of a thousands (or a few anyway). Tickets will go on sale in July and are likely to…
UK fails to provide citizens with access to environmental rights
Voluntary organisations are calling for the rules on legal costs in environmental judicial review across the UK to be changed so that people are not prevented from challenging developments that are damaging to the environment. Sounds dull? Well, maybe it does but that doesn’t mean it isn’t important. Take the case at Fineshade Wood, if the planning authority…
The media coverage of the Hen Harrier today
As predicted in my morning blog, the plight of the Hen Harrier has been given plenty of publicity in the coverage of the results of the national bird vote (won by the Robin). These are two examples that were easy to find – there will be others, no doubt. The Guardian quotes David Lindo and…
Get your Hen Harrier Day news here!
This new website is where you should go to find out about what is happening on Hen Harrier Day, 9 August 2015. And if you are preparing an event yourself – and why not? – let the guys at Birders Against Wildlife Crime know and they’ll help advertise it for you. You’ll see that an…
Skydancer film
Henry says ‘Here is a link to the excellent Hen Harrier film made by the Haltwistle Film Project as part of the RSPB Skydancer project. Look at it and see what all the fuss is about… …and then vote for me, the Hen Harrier in the national bird vote please.‘.
Last day to sign this e-petition
This is the last day that you can sign my e-petition to ban driven grouse shooting. It was launched on 28 May and ends today when the Westminster parliament is dissolved. In just 10 months it has helped change the whole tenor of the debate about the future of grouse shooting. No longer is driven…
The first 21,000
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It’s taken quite a while (nearly three months) to add the latest 1,000 signatures to our e-petition to ban driven grouse shooting but yesterday it passed 21,000 signatures and there are still three weeks to go. These e-petitions usually get a little bit of a boost as the deadline approaches so we’ll see… Thank you…