The RSPB has used its latest Birdcrime report to accuse shooting of having a “culture of criminality”. In a scathing and sensationalist report, the organisation reported that there were 87 incidents of bird of prey persecution in 2018, leading it…
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BASC battles RSPB on raptors
Tagged with: basc, government, grouse, grouse shooting, licensing, moors, raptors, RSPB, shooting, upland management
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Mike Powell reviews the Pulsar Accolade
Mike Powell turns his eye – well, both eyes – to the Pulsar Accolade thermal binocular and its eye strain-reducing capabilities. Fox numbers in my area seem to have been high. There are various reasons for that, one of which…
Tagged with: fox, mike powell, monocular, pulsar accolade, rabbits, rangefinding, RSPB, shooting, thermal binocular, Thomas Jacks
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NGO Backs Return Of Hen Harriers
Photo by Andreas Trepte Plans to reintroduce hen harriers to a site on Salisbury Plain are under way, following a lengthy battle to save the bird from extinction. The project is being co-ordinated by Natural England on behalf of DEFRA,…
Tagged with: defra, hen harriers, National Gamekeepers' Organisation, Natural England, NGO, RSPB, sailsbury plain
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When not to shoot a fox
While dealing with a fox troubling the local game birds, Robert Bucknell reflects on the reasons why some people don’t deal with foxes
Get active… go shooting
Sport England has published the latest data from the Active Lives Survey, providing a comprehensive snapshot of the nation’s sport and physical activity habits
Tagged with: Active Lives Survey, activity, basc, Forestry Commission, National Trust, RSPB, sport, Sport England
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Hen harrier management plan is working
There’s been an upturn in the fortunes of hen harriers – they’ve had their most successful breeding season in England for over a decade.
Tagged with: breeding, defra, gamekeepers, GWCT, hen harrier, land management, moorland association, RSPB
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Hen Harrier Campaign
Shooting organisations have joined forces to demand government action to save the hen harrier, which is on the brink of extinction in England, despite strong populations elsewhere. BASC, CLA, CA, GWCT, NGO and the Moorland Association issued a joint statement…
Hen harrier disappearances linked to grouse moor management
Fears that England’s most endangered breeding bird of prey is on the verge of extinction have been renewed as a fourth hen harrier has disappeared from a nest in the Pennines
RSPB out of its league
The RSPB’s head of investigations, Bob Elliot, is due to give the keynote address at the League Against Cruel Sports (LACS) ‘Gunning for change’ seminar
