279 donors and fully funded in less than 45 hours. I am always touched by the generosity of nature lovers. Thank you. Our legal team is very fired up for this appeal which happens on the 17 and 18 March in the Court of Appeal before three judges (identities unknown, as yet).
Tag: hen harrier
#justice4henharriers – crowdfunder almost there!
The Hen Harrier is an amazing bird, and the image I’ve used here from Gordon Yates is an amazing image, and you are amazingly generous people. We are almost there and, until 11am today, we are still on Day 2. Thank you very much to over 250 donors. Another 23 fivers will get us there!…
Natural England – this must tell you something
I wrote last August about the outrageous cheek of Natural England crowdfunding for a variety of projects, some of which look very much like its statutory duties to me, and others look like a complete waste of time (see here, here). In the ‘complete waste of time’ category is Natural England’s plan to reintroduce Hen…
#justice4henharriers Day 1
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And so we move from Day 1 to Day 2 of this crowdfunder – great start. Thank you! People are so generous. And there is £3900+ still to be transferred from a previous successful case – I’ve just nudged Crowdjustice asking them to do this quickly please. Here is the link to the crowdfunder –…
#justice4henharriers – mid evening update
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We’re jogging along with this crowdfunder – thank you for all your support. Over 144 supporters already and we’ve hardly started. It would be nice to get this out of the way fairly quickly though – you cannot imagine how often I check it! It’s very distracting. Here is the link to the crowdfunder –…
Update on #justice4henharriers
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Thank you everyone, just over 100 of us, who have contributed to this crowdfunder since 11am. Pretty amazing – thank you. Paul £25 – A most important case involving the prevention of vandalism to my favourite bird by DEFRA decree masked as conservation. Liz £40 – Wonder what being out of the EU will do…
Great start – thank you!
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Here are some early comments from supporters – thank you to the first 33 supporters who took us past £1000 in 80 minutes. Wow! John £10 – I can only manage a small contribution being retired and on a limited pension but I feel this is one of the most important conservation battles of our…
Crowdfunder – #justice4henharriers the appeal
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We’re going back to court to fight for Hen Harriers – this time to the Court of Appeal to challenge the judge’s decision in our judicial review over brood meddling. These things take quite a while but this is not the time to give up. We have a good chance of winning on appeal (not…
RSPB press release
A rare, protected bird of prey has been illegally poisoned near Drumconrath in County Meath, Ireland. Mary hatched in the summer of 2019 from a nest on the Isle of Man. Before she left her nest, she was fitted with a lightweight satellite tracking device as part of the EU Hen Harrier LIFE project, allowing…
Joke response to new gull licensing regime from Moorland Association
Following their joke response to the Committee on Climate Change’s report on land use the Moorland Association has issued another joke response today – this time to the new licensing regime of lethal control of gulls from Natural England. Even the thickest of journalists surely won’t quote the Moorland Association’s contention that their members, notably…