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The photograph shows a perfectly legally set (I believe) funnel trap which is one of a series along a scenic tourist route in the Cairngorms National Park.  The trap is along the A939 Grantown on Spey to Bridge of Brown road (Grid Ref NJ086204).  The estate is Glenlochy (managed by M. Osborne).   Sign the e-petition…

We are still waiting for an announcement from the police on what actually happened when 14 Red Kites and 5 buzzards were poisoned near Inverness about 18 months ago.   Henry tells me that he is looking forward to his first visit to the Bird Fair this weekend. Ban driven grouse shooting.      

These fenn traps get everywhere – even attached to lambs. Where might that trap have been set to end up here?

Spoofs I’m sure, two new social media accounts have appeared on Facebook and Twitter related to You Forgot the… Keep an eye on them.

And maybe you would be interested in this week’s New Scientist…           …with this article about grouse shooting           Ban driven grouse shooting.

I’m really glad the gulls didn’t get me because I wanted to see some bats – Greater Horseshoe Bats (GHBs). Going down to Devon was definitely a ‘family’ thing, not a ‘work’ thing, or a ‘birds’ thing, and so I hadn’t really thought about the wildlife aspects of the visit – except the killer gulls…

Last week I spent some time in Devon – risky eh?! I even spent some time on the coast. I saw a lot of gulls – big gulls. Really big gulls. And many of them saw me too. I even went to Brixham. And I survived. It would have been ironic to have been killed…