In a long piece in the Daily Record on Saturday, Annie Brown (The true cost of grouse shooting) talks about the move to ban driven grouse shooting, and quotes me extensively. In the Glasgow Herald, there is a piece entitled ‘Calls mount for ban on grouse shooting‘ where an animal welfare charity, OneKind, formerly known…
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What the Sunday papers say
We (I’m not sure exactly who ‘we’ is, but it certainly includes this blog and many of its readers, along with the RSPB, Chris Packham, BAWC, Raptor Persecution Scotland, Raptor Politics and others) have changed the way the media look at the opening of the grouse shooting season – the Inglorious 12th (this year on…
Hen Harrier Eve
The Hen Harrier Eve event in Buxton on Saturday evening was a sell-out and a good time was had by all. My thanks go to Susan Cross, the co-organiser with myself; and the two of us would like to thank a large number of friends, colleagues and partners who helped put the event together. And…
Henry heading to the Goyt Valley tomorrow
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For full details and a useful map – click here. If you are coming from Buxton, up the A5004 you have to look out for the turn off to the Goyt Valley just as you go into the Peak District National Park (see the sign on the right?). There’s the turning on the left There…
Henry looking forward to Hen Harrier Eve – what a star he is!
If you haven’t already bought a ticket then you aren’t joining 275 of us for an evening celebrating the Hen Harrier tomorrow evening. Right now – I just hope the technology works, that the bar doesn’t run out of beer, that the speakers keep to time and all those other practical worries that go with…
A selection of quotes from reviews of Inglorious
My publisher actually told me that Inglorious is ‘selling well’ which you practically never hear from a publisher. It’s a book that is intended to educate and entertain, but also to get you fired up and wanting to do something to change the world. One thing I would like you to do is to sign…
LUSH bath-bomb the criminals
This Hen Harrier bath bomb goes on sale today in Lush stores around the country – what fun. Named Skydancer – far from the madding guns, this liquorice-scented bath bomb will ‘disappear’ in your bath but fill it with a lovely aroma. Just add water (not gamekeeper). Remember that five male Hen Harriers disappeared from…
Henry is puzzled
Henry is confused – but then, he only has the brain of a bird. The National Trust sometimes describes itself as ‘one of Europe’s leading nature conservation organisations’ but sometimes it seems to be lurking at the rear rather than leading anything. It’s puzzling for we National Trust members not just for a bird-brained Hen…
A lie can travel…
A Lie Can Travel Halfway Around the World While the Truth Is Putting On Its Shoes You will have noticed, if an avid reader of this blog, that I wasn’t impressed by the Daily Telegraph error-strewn article about Hen Harriers earlier in the week (see here, here and here). And it was error-strewn. But anyone…
Chris Packham talking naturally to Charlie Moores
You’ll enjoy listening to this podcast recorded on Monday when a small gang of us visited Chris Packham in the New Forest. Chris talks to Charlie Moores about Hen Harriers and Hen Harrier Day, Cecil the Lion, hatred and deep loathing, the state of wildlife NGOs, the BTO, looking at butterflies and what the future…