The weather forecast (Saturday morning) is good for tomorrow – it’s going to be a bit windy today! We’ll be checking the forecast and suggest you do too! An update from Carsington at midday Saturday was that the weather then was ‘Very wet and not a little windy’ but that the forecast was better for…
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Even more than you thought…
GWCT have just published a paper revising the number of released Pheasants and Red-legged Partridges released into the UK. Instead of there being roughly 50 million non-native gamebirds released into the UK countryside at this time of year, the figure has now (2016 estimates) risen to closer to 60 million (47m Pheasants and 10m Red-legged…
Hen Harrier Day – on Sunday
The weather forecast is looking good – maybe a few light showers? Derbyshire Police Rural Crime Team will have a stand and be delighted to talk to you about wildlife crime issues. Derbyshire Wildlife Trust have produced an amazing small book of children’s writing on Hen Harriers – on sale on the day. The speaker…
Hen Harriers in the news
The RSPB has announced that 22 Hen Harriers have fledged from five successful nests in the Forest of Bowland – all on land owned and managed by United Utilities where they own land to protect their water catchments. This land has a few days grouse shooting on it but, despite the fact that it comprises…
Wild Justice and Bird Fair invite Fieldsports Channel to ask their questions
Chris Packham and I were invited to the Game Fair today to face questions, in front of a Game Fair audience, from Charlie Jacoby of the Fieldsports Channel – and then the invitation was rudely withdrawn by the likes of the Countryside Alliance, BASC and GWCT (see here, here, here). After a bit of fixing…
Game Fair opens under a cloud
Today the Game Fair opens under a cloud – however sunny a day it might be in Hertfordshire. From the top to the bottom those involved in shooting have, by their words and actions, lowered the reputation of game-shooting as a legitimate pastime. And yes, I recognise that there are many decent and honourable people…
Game Fair debacle – not much goodwill to differing views
I still haven’t heard from the Game Fair directly – that’s a bit rude of them. And I haven’t heard from BASC yet on whether they regard me as an extremist – and on what grounds. I was interested to see the tweet above from Kerry McCarthy MP about a Defra minister going to the…
Bird Fair – 6 weeks
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You’ll be missing out on a treat if you don’t attend the 2019 Bird Fair which kicks off six weeks today. Laughingly called the Birders’ Glastonbury (Tim Appleton plays the Michael Eavis role) it has less music, fewer people, less campaigning and more wildlife. It’s an event that everyone should try once – and that…
Farming Today – a belated thank you
I’ve been meaning to write this short post for weeks. Regular and long-term readers of this blog may remember that I have had issues with Farming Today – the early morning BBC Radio 4 farming programme. See Farming Today – not today and not tomorrow, 16 October 2018. But those same regular readers of this…
Wild Justice – further legal challenge
Wild justice, the not for profit company established by myself, Chris Packham CBE and Dr Ruth Tingay, has launched a new legal challenge to Natural England. Wild Justice, took a successful legal challenge against the general licences GL04, GL05 and GL06 which resulted in Natural England revoking those licences at very short notice, which caused…