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If driven grouse shooting had never existed we would never invent it now – and that is the test of whether it should remain as a blot on the landscape. It shouldn’t. Just because it has been that blot for c150 years doesn’t mean it should remain as such any longer. This blog has played…

Tim writes: I took this photo in mid-October while out on the Peak District Moors.  It was standing on a drystone wall and was just catching the first rays of the early morning sun.  This photo shows the feathered legs and feet which gives rise to its scientific name Lagopus, meaning hare-footed.  There are a…

For a decade this blog has brought you news, views and action daily. Tomorrow there will no new post, but I will post at weekends in a much reduced, shall we say streamlined, manner. On 21 October I’ll tell you what happens next… News: news can be defined as ‘interesting stuff that happened recently’ –…

This is interesting…

Rare insect found in Cairngorms Scientists are celebrating the rediscovery of a rare bug not seen in Scotland for over 30 years.  The cow wheat shieldbug was recently spotted in a woodland in Strathspey by a field worker from the Rare Invertebrates in the Cairngorms partnership project. The bug is an attractive little insect, with a black body featuring two distinctive white spots.  This is only the 8th-ever…