For the past 30 years Robbie has had a background in social change. He has held senior management roles in campaigns on the issues of homelessness, human rights, international development and animal welfare. He has been the Director of the League against Cruel Sports Scotland for the past four years and for six years before…
Tag: hen harrier
Banning driven grouse shooting – a rising tide.
Let us start with a quote: 31 October 2016 Therese CoffeyI have heard the concerns of some hon. Members that birds of prey, particularly hen harriers, are deliberately being killed. The Government take the illegal persecution of raptors very seriously. On the missing hen harriers in the last fortnight, the matter has been referred to…
Are you sure you’ve identified the right one Crispin?
In The Times I read that Crispin Odey, self-confessed funder of YFTB has decided that Boris Johnson is the person he wants to lead the Conservative Party, and as soon as possible. It’s only a matter of five months ago that Michael Gove was the chosen one for Mr Odey. Blimey! Boris’s principled and reasonable…
Durham dales
Three weeks ago (how time flies) I spent two sunny days in the area of Weardale, Upper Teesdale and surroundings. It was a warm couple of days to be up in the hills. I was there at the invitation of Caroline Beck, a journalist who formerly worked for the BBC in the north of England…
Your choices
The annual Birdwatch Birders’ Choice shortlists are available online for you to choose in a wide variety of categories. Here are my thoughts on some of the categories: Conservation Hero shortlist: me, Ruth Tingay, Katrin Jacobsdottir, Tim Mackrill, Boyan Slat. It’s not that I’m not competitive, but I’d ask you to vote for someone other…
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Which should survive, hen harriers or grouse moors? Avery gives fair hearings to both sides and comes down against grouse moors
Mall Galleries, SWLA, gossip etc
Leopard and Carmine Bee-eaters – Greg Poole Yesterday I spent large amounts of time from lunchtime to dinner time in the Mall Galleries, in The Mall, at various events including the opening of the SWLA exhibition and a BTO evening reception involving people getting awards. And a pretty good time was had by most I…
Press release – Orkney stoats
Ground-breaking project gets green light Major project to safeguard Orkney’s internationally important native wildlife wins National Lottery and LIFE support An ambitious project to safeguard Orkney’s world-renowned and internationally important native wildlife has been given the go ahead after receiving support from the National Lottery and the EU’s LIFE programme, it was announced today. The…
A snippet for now
I feel I’ve been slightly neglecting this blog for a couple of weeks for I was first travelling (and I have things to tell you about that) and then much of last week was taken up with working on our judicial review. Actually, there is nothing to feel guilty about there is there? Today is,…
RSPB AGM
If this were a rating on TripAdvisor or similar then this year’s RSPB AGM would score quite highly. It was a bit less slick than usual – whoever was working the images didn’t quite get them right all the time for example. But it was still an inspirational event – and the AGM itself is…