Following the nonsense in The Telegraph and the correction to the misinformation in the Guardian yesterday, it is good to see a press release from the Northumberland Hen Harrier Protection Partnership with information about the two successful nests of Hen Harriers that have nested on FC land this year. First, note that this partnership involves…
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Ban driven grouse shooting e-petition reaches 10,000 signs
That was quick! Last year we reached the 10,000 signatures milestone on 31 July – after 65 days. This year, the milestone was reached on 5 August – on Day 15. More than four times quicker! Thank you to everyone who has signed – all 9,999 of you. Thank you to all who have promoted…
Closer and closer to the Goyt Valley
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Henry has been flying around now for months and months. He started his journey around the country after the BAWC conference in Buxton in late March and is now, here, almost back to where he started. He’s looking forward to meeting people at Hen Harrier Eve on Saturday evening (ticket sales have closed) and then…
It gets worse, or better, depending which side you are on…
Read this piece in the Guardian by Karl Mathieson. The YFTB press release: The government figures show that there were 12 hen harrier nests in England this year of which 6 succeeded and 6 failed. All 6 of the failures were on RSPB controlled land in Bowland and Geltsdale. All 6 of the successful nests…
A better year for Hen Harriers in England – not a good year
The ‘government report’ mentioned in yesterday’s awful Telegraph misconstruction of a story has turned, as I said it would, into a Natural England press release (copied below)(Telegraph fail). And the criticism of the RSPB has turned into … well … nothing (Telegraph fail). It’s interesting that two of the successful nests are on FC land…
No class at all
The Times reports today that a billionaire businessman is one of the funders of the hopeless and misleading You Forgot the Birds campaign against the RSPB. Old Harrovian Crispin Odey, reckons that the RSPB is whipping up class resentment against grouse shooting so he has helped to fund the excesses of the You Forgot the…
It’s traditional
I was posting some (free!) copies of Inglorious to various points of the compass where Hen Harrier Day events are happening and the lady in the post office and I had the following exchange: Her: What is in the parcels? Me: Books Her: Are they valuable? Me: Priceless! I wrote them and have signed…
Henry finds some more friends in the Peak District
As we move closer and closer to Hen Harrier Day on Sunday, Henry met up with friends from the Derbyshire Wildlife Trust – strong supporters of Hen Harrier Day. On the left is Tim Birch who wrote a Guest Blog for this site last year. This photo was taken a while ago and yesterday Tim…
E-petition to ban driven grouse shooting passes 9,000
Five days to go until Hen Harrier Day and the e-petition to ban driven grouse shooting scorches past 9,000 signatures. Let’s get to 10,000 by the weekend – please sign here!
You forgot the truth
If you saw this bit of nonsense in the Daily Telegraph today then you probably just shrugged it off. This piece of ‘journalism’ is prompted by a You Forgot the Birds press release and the details were not, I am told, checked with either Natural England or the RSPB. The YFTB press release was entitled…