Mark writes: I haven’t seen much Springwatch this year – I’ve been dashing about too much. There’s been a bit of Twitter discussion, though, about the fantastic footage of Hen Harriers from Orkney (with Iolo Williams). I thought that was just wonderful – and exactly the type of exposure that Hen Harriers need. The mention…
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Henry occupies another butt
It was a dreich day in the Lammermuirs when Henry occupied this grouse shooting butt. Earlier we had seen a Short-eared Owl, it seems to be another good year for them, and Henry was rather keen to look for voles. I was rather keen to look for a bacon sandwich. This line of grouse butts…
Being open
Members of the ‘Sodden 570’ at last year’s Hen Harrier Day event in the Upper Derwent Valley will recognise this area – we were getting soaked just off the left hand (western) side of the map on 10 August last year. The Countryside and Rights of Way Act provided open access to open ground (in…
Natural England bleats
Natural England roused itself from slumber yesterday, perhaps after reading this blog (you never know – they do, you know!), and uttered a few weak words on the disappearance of a male Hen Harrier from Geltsdale in Cumbria. It’s good to know that Natural England is ‘very concerned’ about the state of a species on…
Henry asks who owns Scotland
Henry is pretty broad-minded and interested in quite a lot of things. Whilst in Scotland he met the expert on land ownership, Andy Wightman. Andy writes a blog, and has published several books including The Poor had no Lawyers. Andy is an expert on land tenure and land reform – and also on what is…
Geltsdale: another missing male Hen Harrier
Yesterday the RSPB released the news that there had been a pair of Hen Harriers nesting at their Geltsdale nature reserve in Cumbria, but that the male had gone missing and the nest had consequently failed (see here, here and here). This followed the news that three male Hen Harriers had gone missing in the…
Scottish Ornithologists (with an apostrophe)
Having drawn a blank with SLE we tried SOC – but they weren’t in either. Never mind, Henry likes the SOC very much. I was a bit worried about missing apostrophes but Henry said that missing ringtails were much more important. Why aren’t there more Hen Harriers on Scottish grouse moors? Well, I think we…
Henry visits SLE
Scottish Land and Estates is the equivalent of the Scotttish CLA. Henry went to visit them to ask whether they could put him in touch with any ringtails, but there was no-one in. Henry doesn’t really get weekends. So Henry had a look through the window but he couldn’t see any signs of life….
It’s good to be in Scotland
An advantage of being in Scotland is that the Torygraph up here didn’t have this non-story in it. The disadvantage was that it had some quotes by the Scottish Gamekeepers’ Association instead. I didn’t seem to have missed much. Apparently being an ex England captain is now an ecological qualification. At least Botham is described…
Henry occupies another butt
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Henry looks sad. He thinks illegal raptor persecution is a blight on the uplands. He feels sad for all the Hen Harriers that have been bumped off. You could have your photo taken in a grouse butt too. Show your support for Henry and the hen harrier – occupy the butts. #HaveYouSeenHenry? …