The message went out 5.7 million times just after 10am on Sunday, ‘We’re missing our hen harriers – we want them back!‘ This was too controversial a message to gather the support of Defra (the government department responsible for nature conservation and restoring the status of the Hen Harrier in England), Natural England (the English…
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A lie can travel…
A Lie Can Travel Halfway Around the World While the Truth Is Putting On Its Shoes You will have noticed, if an avid reader of this blog, that I wasn’t impressed by the Daily Telegraph error-strewn article about Hen Harriers earlier in the week (see here, here and here). And it was error-strewn. But anyone…
The two successful Northumberland Hen Harrier nests
Following the nonsense in The Telegraph and the correction to the misinformation in the Guardian yesterday, it is good to see a press release from the Northumberland Hen Harrier Protection Partnership with information about the two successful nests of Hen Harriers that have nested on FC land this year. First, note that this partnership involves…
It gets worse, or better, depending which side you are on…
Read this piece in the Guardian by Karl Mathieson. The YFTB press release: The government figures show that there were 12 hen harrier nests in England this year of which 6 succeeded and 6 failed. All 6 of the failures were on RSPB controlled land in Bowland and Geltsdale. All 6 of the successful nests…
A better year for Hen Harriers in England – not a good year
The ‘government report’ mentioned in yesterday’s awful Telegraph misconstruction of a story has turned, as I said it would, into a Natural England press release (copied below)(Telegraph fail). And the criticism of the RSPB has turned into … well … nothing (Telegraph fail). It’s interesting that two of the successful nests are on FC land…
You forgot the truth
If you saw this bit of nonsense in the Daily Telegraph today then you probably just shrugged it off. This piece of ‘journalism’ is prompted by a You Forgot the Birds press release and the details were not, I am told, checked with either Natural England or the RSPB. The YFTB press release was entitled…
Join the Hen Harrier Day thunderclap – update 5
A week today, at 10am, a simply message will be sent out around 4 million times through Twitter, Facebook and tumblr. “We’re missing our Hen Harriers – and we want them back!” This message is almost completely uncontroversial which is no doubt why it has gathered such widespread support from organisations and individuals involved in…
Henry goes to London – Defra
Henry has been keen to go to London for a long time – but we only flew down there a week ago. What a great day it was – so many photo opportunities – only some of which we can share with you this week. And so many friendly conversations with taxi drivers, tourists and…
Join the Hen Harrier Day thunderclap – update 4
If you can’t make it to one of the growing number of Hen Harrier Day events occurring across Scotland and England in two weeks’ time then you can still add your name to the shout out for the Hen Harrier on social media by supporting our thunderclap. “We’re missing our Hen Harriers – and we…
New study of burning published
Peatlands are the largest terrestrial carbon store in the UK, 3.2 billion tonnes, and mostly occur on tops of hills where Red Grouse live. There is growing concern about the environmental impacts of intensive moorland management for the bizarre sport of grouse shooting. One of those concerns (there are others) is the increase greenhouse gas…