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BASC has issued a press release telling its members to hide their wild side and to appear nice in case they lose their firearms licences. The advice comes after someone’s behaviour on social media was used to withdraw a firearm licence (reinstated on appeal). BASC doesn’t actually tell its members to be nice people, just…

The weekend before last, I was at the Irish Raptor Study Groups’ conference in Dublin. What a great bunch of people – passionate and so friendly.  It might seem just a little stereotypical to say that one always gets a friendly welcome in Ireland, in all parts of Ireland, but in my experience it is…

Do you ever listen to Book at Bedtime on Radio 4 between 1045pm and 11pm? I do, although the fact that it is around my bedtime usually means that I fall asleep before 11pm and get snatches of the story on a few nights a week! But it opens my ears, temporarily, to books that…

As well as Natural England, the Hawk and Owl Trust also has questions to answer over the non-publication of the details of Rowan’s death – Rowan was shot! Why would a wildlife charity, indeed, a raptor charity, which had funded the tagging of a young Hen Harrier, want the details of his death to be…

Friday was quite a busy day, with news about crimes against birds of prey tumbling out early in the day. This was a bit inconvenient for me as I had other things planned. But it means that we’ve all had the weekend to mull over the news. What was the news?: The RSPB published a…