I like boat trips – I never have to drive. Sunday was a lovely day, and there’s the rub – lovely weather often means not many seabirds! What we needed on the Yorkshire Belle was a strong wind and heaving seas – but there’s a rub there too – if the weather’s too bad then…
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Bye bye Game Fair
I regret the passing of the Game Fair as I’ve had quite a lot of fun there over the years. But it was very obvious this year that there weren’t many folk around on the Friday at least. But Henry enjoyed his first, and apparently only, visit, very much (Henry’s Game Fair, 2 August). I…
Just wondering…(2)
I’m grateful to various clever people for contacting me about yesterday’s blog about the extreme unlikelihood of so many male Hen Harriers disappearing from active nests with RSPB involvement. My brain was aching a bit so I am grateful for others’ input. The probability of 5 or more male Hen Harriers disappearing through ‘normal’ levels…
Badger consultation
The government is consulting on relaxing the criteria that need to be met for farmers to get licenses to kill badgers in trial areas. This government is dead keen to give the NFU and farmers greater ‘flexibility’ in killing badgers with the supposed aim of reducing bTB. We need to reduce bTB. We may need…
Just wondering…
The RSPB is being criticised by the usual suspects (The Daily Telegraph, the Daily Mail and also the shooting press) for the number of Hen Harrier nests that failed on its watch last season. We’ve been through this several times recently, including getting the Daily Telegraph to correct its earlier version and to apologise for…