As climate change worsens, the expected range of the Red Grouse will shift north, perhaps leaving northern England altogether, at least those are the predictions of climate change modelling (see, for example, here). But in the Daily Mail (and only the Daily Mail as far as I can see – editor Paul Dacre, grouse moor…
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Henry says Hi! to Lazywell
A regular contributor of comments to this blog, although we haven’t seen much of him recently, calls himself Lazywell. This photo is just for him… #HaveYouSeenHenry? Keep in touch with Hen Harrier Day events through this website.
Henry at the gates of Balmoral
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Visiting Balmoral wasn’t nearly as interesting as visiting Sandringham – no nice policemen came to ask us what we were doing. #HaveYouSeenHenry? Keep in touch with Hen Harrier Day events through this website.
House prices skydance in one street in Bracknell
There’s a newish estate in Bracknell where all of the roads are named after birds. Each of the signs has a picture of the bird and a QR code, which takes you to the relevant page on the RSPB website. Apparently, this was all the idea of a local councilor, perhaps to make up for…
Jeremy Deller confirms attendance at Hen Harrier Eve event
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Jeremy Deller is a Turner Prize-winning artist, one of whose works is pictured above (and another below). I talked to him back in the autumn. Jeremy has just confirmed he can attend the Hen Harrier Eve event in the Palace Hotel in Buxton on the evening of 8 August (before a Hen Harrier Day rally…
Henry goes to Walshaw Moor/Wuthering Moors 48
I thought that Henry ought to see Walshaw Moor before he reads about it on pages 149-157, 175-176 and 190-192 of Inglorious – conflict in the uplands. But all this talk about the damage that heather burning does to peatlands (see here and here) reminds me that the RSPB has an outstanding complaint in to…
A few comments on Yorkshire Water’s position
I am very grateful to Yorkshire Water for their full and quick response to my approach to them. If only the statutory sector were as quick! Here is the response from Yorkshire Water’s Andrew Walker copied below for ease and then some comments by me. “You are right to be concerned about rotational heather…
Response from Yorkshire Water
Andrew Walker, Catchment Strategy Manager at Yorkshire Water, replies to my blog of earlier today: “You are right to be concerned about rotational heather burning on blanket bog; we are too. As you are aware from our previous correspondence on the matter, last October, we are working with key stakeholders to find a more sensitive…
Dear Yorkshire Water
Dear Yorkshire Water I’m not a customer of yours but I am interested in your position on management of the uplands for grouse shooting. You will be aware, because you supported the study, that last October an important study was published by Leeds University on the impacts of intensive moorland management for grouse shooting on…
Henry back in Cambs
This was quite some time ago – Henry has been flying for many weeks now. And there is plenty more to come. Here is Henry at Eldernell 0n the Nene Washes looking at the RSPB sign. This is a good place to see Hen Harriers in winter and a good place to go birdwatching at…