Standing up for Nature
This short book is a good read, and is a very different, but not indifferent, book. It only amounts to just over 100 pages but there are more novel perspectives in here than you’ll find in many books three times the length. And the author writes in an engaging manner. There are five chapters (Messy…
Two weeks today, we will be going back into the courts to appeal the judgment of Hon Justice Lang on brood meddling of Hen Harriers. We, and the RSPB, will be seeking to overturn her judgment that brood meddling of this threatened bird was legal because it was just, for now, research. Win or lose,…
Coronavirus This is the first mention of this thing on this blog. I wonder how many more there will be? Will it all blow over and look like a lot of fuss about nothing, or not? There have been about 2800 deaths from coronavirus worldwide so far, but that is likely to be an underestimate…
I find myself checking the origin of pats of butter in places where I stop (see here). At Wicken Fen on Sunday, as well as brilliant views of Hen Harriers I had a passable scone. I have to say it was not the very best scone I’ve had at a National Trust property but it…
I’ve now had the chance to look at the Inside Out programme about Hen Harrier persecution. It’s good. Well done to the RSPB. And some really nice footage of Hen Harriers – live ones! Click here and it’s at the beginning of the programme for c10 minutes. Sorry Amanda, you looked cold and lonely on…
I was at Wicken Fen, Cambridgeshire, on Sunday afternoon just as the weather turned nice. And a friend was there yesterday at dusk. At the moment, at dusk, it is a great place to see Hen Harriers as they come in to roost. A group of us had fantastic views on Sunday of several ringtails…
Are things getting better – is raptor persecution decreasing? Let’s start from the basics. Killing birds of prey is illegal, and has been since 1954 (and partly before that). Most killing of birds of prey is carried out by people with jobs in the game management industries where birds of prey are seen, partly rightly,…
A reader has discovered this early draft of the Hen Harrier text for Red Sixty Seven – I prefer Iolo Williams’s version.
Yep, this all seems quite likely but not certain. Despite all the flim-flam over the general election, and before from the likes of Michael Gove, Tim Bonner clearly expects the new Secretary of State at DEFRA and the new government to slash and burn environmental protection. It really wouldn’t surprise me if they did –…
While we wait for the Petitions Committee to be formed anew after the general election, and then have a meeting, and then decide on when to debate this matter, the world must look like a hostile place for the grouse shooting industry. The recent floods point again to land use in the uplands needing to…