Grouse moor licencing, Scotland.

which let’s face it is sadly the only one at the moment

There is a lot of regeneration work going on. Affric is fab tho and kept more of its original forest but good examples all over.

There is a lot of regeneration work going on. Affric is fab tho and kept more of its original forest but good examples all over.

Yes you are right , I was reading about one the other day that I forgot. I spose I was thinking about affric as it has kept original forest and has been underway some time

Dundreggan ain’t far from Affric.

The comments at the bottom of the Parks watch article Matt linked to are very amusing.

Dundreggan is Trees for life I think, who also have Regen projects at the head of glen affric. Presumably they are contiguous

 So ‘we’ ‘accept’ a higher number of deer is ‘good’, but forget that a lower number again is better…

Its unusual in that its the reverse of the norm but shifting baseline syndrome is a real problem for conservation in general.

https://www.channel4.com/news/exclusive-secret-filming-reveals-the-killing-of-rare-hen-harriers-on-grouse-moors

I was about to post a link to the rspb call for English and Welsh licensing, but Matt’s link covers that as well as the specific incident in the title

I do feel that the constant campaigning and research work by various organisations and volunteers is now starting to properly evidence the ‘bad actors’ in all this. Sadly many in the hunting industry will claim it is a few bad apples and the news cycle moves on.

It does not however move on the discussion about alternatives to our land ownership and land management models which as this thread shows is complex, pretty binary and entrenched at present, and often based in cultural and economic perspectives.

Sadly many in the hunting industry will claim it is a few bad apples and the news cycle moves on.

I think it does add up over time especially how hypocritical the positions are eg that moorland association muppet who just tried to turn it into an attack on the RSPB.

I am surprised, given how many tagged harriers disappear, that this bunch avoided the harrier with one.