The PACEC reports on the economic value of shooting to the economy have been widely criticised for being inaccurate. This didn’t stop many Conservative MPs, and a few Liberal Democrats too, quoting the figures from them in responses to many of us in this way: ‘Game management plays an important role in the rural economy,…
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And there it was – gone!
A shooting hut in the North Yorks Moors. Before these blogs (here, here, here)… and after those blogs… Just the one difference as far as I can see.
3 October
Today I have been mostly titivating my evidence to the House of Commons Petitions Committee inquiry into grouse shooting. And commenting on what others plan to send in. But it has been a lovely sunny day so that ‘work’ has been punctuated with other things. For example I cut the grass… And I looked at…
A wonderful Green Sandpiper again
Did you read this blog about a Green Sandpiper who travelled from a cress bed in Herts to its breeding grounds near Trondheim in Norway? Well this is the bird itself (above). Barry Trevis took this photo a while after he had removed the GPS tag which held all the fascinating information on the bird’s…
Powerful evidence
Thank you to many of you who have let me know that you have submitted evidence to the House of Commons Petitions Committee inquiry into grouse shooting. You have today, tomorrow and Wednesday to do the same. There will be few more powerful pieces of evidence than this one from Alan Stewart. Thank you Alan!…
Your task, should you choose to accept it…
Your task this weekend, should you choose to accept it, is to submit evidence to the inquiry on grouse shooting – for details of how to do that see here. ‘Submit evidence’ sounds a bit scary doesn’t it? How about ‘Send your thoughts’ instead? You could do that couldn’t you? Look at Question 1 –…
That’s another £10k I owe myself!
I love it when the tadpolers wheel out their chair, Ian Coghill, to say something. I know we are in for a real laugh. Here’s his latest rambling offering which might have a point but feels more like a circle to me. The issue isn’t Chris Packham it’s the BBC and how they are ‘as…
Somewhat typical
Yesterday evening, in response to this blog post, a new commenter, neil p, posted the following comment: ‘You’ve had relative success with your petition in upland rural constituencies because that is where you and your supporters have carried out biased leaflet drops through front doors. That way you can paint the picture, as you are…
If they were coloured like this…?
This beautiful psychedelic Hen Harrier was drawn by Sue Brewer who writes: ‘I’m a writer, most of my books are on collectables or are novels, but I’m intending shortly to bring out a natural history themed book. I am very interested in the natural world – as a toddler I used to collect caterpillars, hunt…
Plaque-gate – the plaque that fell from heaven?
Yesterday’s unfolding story of the blue plaque attached to a multi-millionaire’s shooting hut seemed to catch the imagination of many of you. In brief, there’s a blue plaque celebrating a Sport England funding award on a building that received no such award. This blog can imagine the building and its plaque becoming a tourist attraction…