A likely looking bunch! I was wondering how plans for Hen Harrier Day were progressing north of Hadrian’s wall and so it’s really good to see that the Tayside Raptor Study Group and the Scottish Ornithologists’ Club (remember them?) is planning a Hen Harrier Day event at Loch Turret Reservoir near Crieff. Good for them!…
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E-petition to ban driven grouse shooting
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Do you ever get a feeling of deja vu? Do you ever get a feeling of deja vu? Yesterday the Westminster parliament website started allowing e-petitions again. The website is a bit jazzier and it’s in a nice Westminster green colour. E-petitions still need to get 10,000 signatures to receive a government response (none of…
Sunday book review – Skydancer by Martin Bradley
This is the latest book by Martin Bradley (see here and here) aimed primarily at children – and this time he tackles the controversial Hen Harrier. There is a lot to like in this book although I think there are a few snags in it too. Personally I like the illustrations, most of them, very…
Hen Harrier Eve, 8 August
Three weeks today there is an evening celebration of the Hen Harrier in the Palace Hotel, Buxton, featuring Chris Packham, Mark Cocker, Jeremy Deller, Henry the Hen Harrier and myself. Most of the tickets are sold or reserved, but some are still available, £10 each. Hen Harrier Eve – 8 August 2015 1830 Doors…
Join the Hen Harrier Day thunderclap – update 3
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“We’re missing our Hen Harriers – and we want them back!” That’s the message that will be sent through social media at 10am on Hen Harrier Day, 9 August to a ‘social reach’ which currently stands at over 1.8 million people. Last year, by Hen Harrier Day, the social reach was well over 2 million…
Henry – so nonchalant
Henry looking very nonchalant – leaning on a Perthshire grouse butt. Henry is looking forward to Hen Harrier Eve – 200 tickets sold already (fewer than 100 left). Henry has joined the Hen Harrier Day thunderclap Henry is looking forward to being in the Goyt Valley on Hen Harrier Day to hear Chris Packham…
Henry ponders Langholm 2
Henry is here rather wistfully eyeing up the ringtail babes on this helpful sign about the second Langholm Project – Langholm 2. Langholm 2 has been going for ages and is looking at how with better management, restoration of heather cover and techniques like diversionary feeding, Hen Harriers and driven grouse shooting might co-exist together….
Join the Hen Harrier Day thunderclap – update 2
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Whether you can or can’t attend Hen Harrier Eve, and whether you can or can’t attend Hen Harrier Day, you can, if you use social media, add your name to a message that will go around the world at 10am on Hen Harrier Day saying: “We’re missing our Hen Harriers – and we want them…
Henry looks disturbed
We’re still at Langholm – there’s Sir John’s monument in the far distance on the hill. Does Henry look disturbed? Well maybe a little. We had spent ages sitting in the car looking over Langholm Moor in the pleasant sunshine of early June (for that is when we were there) waiting for the crowds to…
Talking Naturally with Charlie Moores
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The Talking Naturally podcasts are a fortnightly good listen. I’ve subscribed to them on my phone. In the latest podcast I am interviewed about Hen Harrier Day, Inglorious, how much I am loved by the shooting industry and the beer for honours question. It’s the type of thing you’ll like if you like this sort…