It’s a fascinating general election which has been preceded by a tedious and shallow election campaign. None of the political parties, certainly not the ‘Big Two’, come out of the campaign with much credit. It’s been a ‘heads down’ rather than an ‘eyes up’ campaign, with little analysis, little laying out of political philosophy and…
Tag: hen harrier
Three Harriers go missing
The RSPB has just disclosed that three adult male Hen Harriers have gone missing from their ‘stronghold’ in the Forest of Bowland over the last three weeks. All three birds had active nests on United Utilities land and all three disappeared away from their nesting sites. Two of the nests have failed (as the males…
Henry is game
Henry did tell me that he has eaten grouse in the past, and so we went to Yorkshire Game to see what they had to offer. But they’d all gone home when we arrived. So Henry did a few circuits of the car park to stretch his wings. As Henry told you earlier, North Yorkshire…
Henry knows the Rules!
Henry asked me whether I’d had a reply from Rules restaurant about the provenance of their game meat and the amount of lead that is contained in it (and see here, here and here for previous bizarre correspondence on this subject). I’m afraid that London’s oldest restaurant, which specialises in game, is remarkably tight-lipped about…
Henry in Focus
Henry and I popped in to see the nice man at In Focus on the north Norfolk coast. Henry likes meeting people and I had a problem with my 37-year old Zeiss 10x40B Dialyt binoculars. The problem was that I had dropped them again! As Henry chattered away the In Focus man laid his hands…
Where are they, says Henry.
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We popped around to see the SLE, Scottish Land and Estates, but there was no-one in. Henry doesn’t really get weekends. He had a look through the window and couldn’t see any sign of life. Henry asked me why there was a Job Centre Plus just round the corner and I really couldn’t say. I…
Have You Seen Henry?
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Left as a present by Henry on top of a grouse butt on Snilesworth moor. Vote for Hen Harrier as our national bird. #HaveYouSeenHenry
Henry occupies the butts
‘So, this is a grouse butt’ says Henry. Wouldn’t it be a laugh if more people had a look at them and had their photographs taken in them? A kind of ‘Occupy the Butts’ movement? I’m sure there will be places to put such images later in the year. Vote for Hen Harrier as our…
Henry at Snilesworth
So, we went to Snilesworth – and it was a sunny early morning. Henry got a bit distracted here because he started chasing Meadow Pipits and saying that there were lots of voles around. It looked a good place to nest. But there weren’t any ringtails here for him. And he asked what the…
Round up
Things I’ve noticed (and thank you to those who have helped me notice some of them): Lynx? Yes, please! Kielder looks a good place. want to object to fracking? Want free advice? Get some from a top firm of legal eagles. I’ll be speaking at the Norfolk Bird and Wildlife Fair on 16 May as…