Standing up for Nature
I’m speaking to the East Berks RSPB group on Thursday evening – in Maidenhead at 730pm (doors open at 7pm). I’ll be speaking a little about Behind the Binoculars, a little about Passenger Pigeons and a little about why we should ban driven grouse shooting. And the meeting is open to non-RSPB members (£4) as…
In a letter in yesterday’s Times (what an awful paper it is these days – I didn’t buy it, I promise) there was a letter by the Hawk and Owl Trust chair Philip Merricks. Apparently ‘no conservation body is doing more to bring the illegal persecution of hen harriers to an end’ than the Hawk…
This is the first of a series of blogs to help you to help Hen Harriers and the upland environment by increasing the pressure on the Westminster government to ban driven grouse shooting. This suggestion depends on you having a Twitter account. If you don’t, then maybe you should consider getting one, but there will…
Abbie Harrison-Evans is pretty clear that she would like us all to Save the Hen Harrier! This is the second poster design by children from the Wollaton Park Wildlife Watch group, whose leader Helen Mitchem, was present at, and inspired by, Hen Harrier Day in the Goyt Valley (click here for Benjamin’s poster from…
…and despite the Protection of Birds Act being enacted in 1954, Hen Harriers are still bumped off in the hills of our realm. Henry wishes Her Majesty all the best on this special day and is sure that she wishes him every good health too. Henry isn’t even 7 months old yet – I wonder…
Benjamin Bishop is pretty clear that he would like us all to Save the Hen Harrier! This is the first of a couple of poster designs by children from the Wollaton Park Wildlife Watch group, whose leader Helen Mitchem, was present at, and inspired by, Hen Harrier Day in the Goyt Valley. Benjamin is too…
Gordon Yates is a photographer who has been an RSPB member for 60 years and a ringer with BTO for 41 years. He is credited with discovering the population of Hen Harriers on Islay in the 1970s and by 1983 proved that there were up to 50 pairs breeding. (In 1989 Gordon ringed 86 pulli…
Last year, at about this time of year, I joined both the Hawk and Owl Trust and the League Against Cruel Sports. Because of their eager campaigning for brood meddling for Hen Harriers I have left the H&OT (I must put that metal badge in the post to them) but I recently got a renewal…
A poll organised by Rare Bird Alert (click here) which is essentially a repeat of a similar poll of over 6 months ago, suggests that birders (and others – for the poll was open to anyone) have set their faces more firmly against brood management as they have learned more about it. This is a…
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…