Occupy the butts! This one is not a million miles away from the Goyt Valley – site for the Derbyshire Hen Harrier Day rally – but on the day there will be other butt-occupying opportunities.
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Last chance at the EU nature directives consultation saloon
You only have today to respond to the very important consultation on the future of the EU Nature Directives. There have been 470,000 responses online – a record for this type of EU consultation (94,000 from the UK – who says we aren’t good Europeans?!). You will have a local nature site which is protected…
Henry at Millden
Henry at Millden. ‘So these are the Angus glens?’ says Henry.
Have you?
You have today and tomorrow to respond to the very important consultation on the future of the EU Nature Directives. There have been 445,000 responses online – a record for this type of EU consultation. You will have a local nature site which is protected by these directives and it would be good to send…
Nature
Just three recent observations: I was down at Stanwick Lakes with some friends and one of them pointed out a Grass Snake slithering across the path. Lovely! It seems that Grass Snakes are declining in numbers. That’s a shame (but I also wonder whether we really know that for sure). I’ve sat in a few…
Henry occupying another butt – what a view!
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Henry and I have been to some spectacular spots on our travels. This was a good one, and very close to the road, you’ll notice. The idea that we should reclaim the moors for the Hen Harrier is spreading widely. There is hardly anything more solidly symbolic of driven grouse shooting than the grouse butts…
Rainham – always worth a visit
I arrived at Rainham Marshes RSPB nature reserve before the drawbridge came down. It’s an interesting way to protect your building from vandalism. I was struck by the fact that the first time I went to Rainham Marshes, when RSPB were negotiating its purchase, it seemed to be the preferred dumping ground for burned out…
Henry says Hi! to Lazywell
A regular contributor of comments to this blog, although we haven’t seen much of him recently, calls himself Lazywell. This photo is just for him… #HaveYouSeenHenry? Keep in touch with Hen Harrier Day events through this website.
A step in the right direction?
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Seen in Edinburgh a couple of weeks ago.
Henry at the gates of Balmoral
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Visiting Balmoral wasn’t nearly as interesting as visiting Sandringham – no nice policemen came to ask us what we were doing. #HaveYouSeenHenry? Keep in touch with Hen Harrier Day events through this website.