Yesterday, as I was talking to the East Berks RSPB local group, our e-petition to ban driven grouse shooting passed 19,000 signatures. Last year it took over five months to reach this level – this year we got there in under two months. Momentum is building and we are gaining support all the time. Thank…
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de luxe?
I was treated to dinner last week by a friend, a vegetarian friend actually, who booked a table in the Galvin Bistro de Luxe on Baker Street. We were both amused to see this notice near our table. I emailed the Galvin group in July to ask about what steps they take to ensure that…
Guest Blog by Ed Hutchings, ex-shooter
Born in East Anglia, but raised in the Arabian Gulf, Ed Hutchings was always going to have two things – itchy feet and an inquisitive mind. After leaving university with a degree in hospitality, he embarked on a career as a sommelier for a decade, working at various Michelin-star restaurants; in the process winning the…
Might the Buzzard save the Hen Harrier?
It’s just as illegal to kill a Buzzard as it is to kill a Hen Harrier. Satellite-tagging a lot of Buzzards, particularly in areas close to driven grouse moors would, I bet, lead to a lot of interesting information about Buzzard movements and survival, and also lead to some interesting ‘disappearances’ which could be…
Henry was at the Bird Fair
When Henry was at the Bird Fair last weekend he had a satellite tag fitted to him. You can see that the tag correctly located Henry in Rutland, and correctly located him at the right end of Rutland Water, and correctly mapped his flights around the Bird Fair marquees. You can see how detailed…
A cap on Hen Harrier numbers
The future of driven grouse shooting in the UK is going to depend rather more in the end, I suggest, on its wider environmental impacts, than it is on its harmful impacts on birds of prey, especially Hen Harriers. However, illegal raptor persecution is a massive problem that this government and previous governments have…
Inglorious
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I spent quite a lot of the Bird Fair signing copies of books – particularly of Inglorious. This led to lots of conversations with lots of nice people about Hen Harrier Day, Hen Harriers, shooting organisations and driven grouse shooting. There were quite a few ‘Well done!‘s, a lot of ‘What next?‘s and quite a…
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And that e-petition…
Our e-petition to ban driven grouse shooting passed the 14,000 signature mark yesterday. 14,000 isn’t 140,000 but it is a lot of signatures. 14,000 signatures was reached in c33 days, less than five weeks. Last year it took eleven weeks to get to the same total. Just more evidence that awareness is growing and spreading…
Useful reminder – bye bye Hawk and Owl Trust
The Talking Naturally podcasts are essential listening these days. I certainly enjoyed the latest one with Philip Merricks, chair of the Hawk and Owl Trust. And it was useful in jogging my memory. The whole thing was basically about brood meddling – a scheme promoted by a bunch of shooting organisations and the Hawk and…