It was, perhaps appropriately enough, soon after I passed through Bird City, Cheyenne County, Kansas that I saw my first Northern Harrier on my recent visit to the USA. After that they were an almost daily presence which made me think of Hen Harrier issues back home frequently. Until recently this was regarded as a…
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Brood meddling judicial review
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Still waiting for white smoke as to if, and when, our case will be heard (and the RSPB’s too), but it is very unlikely to be before October. But it seems that the risk of any activation of the licence is almost passed for this year.
Guest blog – Whither Now for State Nature Conservation? by Dominic Woodfield
Dominic Woodfield is the Managing Director of Bioscan, a long established and well respected consultancy specialising in applied ecology. He is a life-long birder, a specialist in botany, habitat restoration and creation and in protected fauna including bats, herpetofauna and other species. He is also a highly experienced practitioner in Environmental Impact Assessment and Habitats…
Hen Harrier Day events 2018
The list of known events are on the Birders Against Wildlife Crime website. There may be more – if so please make them known. Check dates and details on that site. So far: RSPB nature reserves: Rainham Marshes Arne Elsewhere: Grantown-on-Spey Grassington, Yorkshire Parkgate, Cheshire Stratford-u-Avon Cricket Ground Sheffield
Good news from the Dark Peak
The National Trust has announced that a nest of Hen Harriers with four chicks is on their land, on a grouse moor. They sound quite surprised by this: ‘We’re delighted to learn of this nest.‘ said Jon Stewart, the National Trust’s General Manager for the Peak District. ‘The hen harrier has been one of…
Guest blog – My e-petition for licensing grouse shooting by Ed Hutchings
Ed writes about his e-petition to license driven grouse shooting. Twitter: @EdHutchings It was in India that I learnt the news that the Government had responded to my petition to license driven grouse shooting. The grouse moors of Britain felt a million miles away from the dusty śāl forests of central India immortalised by Kipling….
An FoI response from NE – ( inc in part Bowland Gull Cull 11)
A while ago I let NE know what I thought of them and asked a few questions of them. Fair dos, they have come up with a decent-ish response. We learn that the long-running and long overrunning NE Hen Harrier research project will get an airing in Vancouver in August, that the southern reintroduction project…
Please respond to Forest of Bowland AONB consultation
The Forest of Bowland AONB is consulting on its next 5-year plan for 2019-24. They would like your views by a week today, 25 May. It’s easy to fill in the short consultation form – takes about 5 minutes. Have a look at their last plan with its images of Hen Harriers and talk of…
Hen Harrier Day/Weekend
The dates for Hen Harrier Day/Weekend are fixed for 11 and 12 August 2018. How Glorious! A few people have contacted me about events but I’m the wrong person to ask as it is Birders Against Wildlife Crime who have coordinated things for the last few years. Keep an eye on this website for…
Open letter to Andrew Sells
Dear Andrew I hope you are well but I fear that the organisation of which you are the Chair, is gravely sick. Natural England seems to have caught a disease whose symptoms are an inability to work for nature conservation in the uplands but instead to align itself with one small sectional interest, grouse shooting,…