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Monthly Archives: November 2013
Death in the garden
I watched a woodpigeon in the wood yesterday morning. It was walking up and down a path I have through the wood, bounded by a netting fence to keep my ducks inside the wood. It was reminiscent of a pheasant, … Continue reading
Woodpecker- 1 : Sparrowhawk – 0
I was doing some computer work at home today and looking out the office window. A male great-spotted woodpecker was resting near to the peanut feeder on a larch tree in the wood. At least I think it was … Continue reading
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Tagged blue tit, great-spotted woodpecker, nuthatch, sparrowhawk, tree creeper
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The bad news and the good news
Generally the good news is followed by the bad news, but I’ll be different. A report in the ’Courier’ of 15 November revealed that Scottish Natural Heritage figures show on-shore breeding bird numbers up by 12% between 1994 and 2012. … Continue reading
Slaughtering mountain hares to increase grouse numbers
I’ve just read Rob Edwards’ article in the Sunday Herald entitled ‘The scandal of landowners shooting thousands of mountain hares every year’. http://www.robedwards.com/2013/11/the-scandal-of-landowners-shooting-thousands-of-mountain-hares-every-year.html I must say that I totally agree with him. I know of several parts of Tayside where … Continue reading
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Tagged deer, grouse, louping ill, mountain hares, Rob Edwards, shooting, snaring mountain hares, spotlight, Sunday Herald, tick
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Badger cruelty and a great-spotted woodpecker
I’ve had an incredibly busy week, with three full days (Monday to Wednesday) working at the National Wildlife Crime Unit. I then gave an evening presentation to Falkirk Writers’ Circle on wildlife crime and the writing of my books, and … Continue reading
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Tagged badger, badger baiting, badger cruelty, badger digging, Falkirk Writers Circle, fox hunt, Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust, great-spotted woodpecker, GWCT, National Wildlife Crime Unit, pack of hounds, SASA, Science and Advice for Scottish Agriculture, snare breakaways, snares
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Deer poaching – ‘sport’ or business
During my recent week working at the National Wildlife Crime Unit many of the intelligence logs with which I dealt related to deer poaching. Before I worked with NWCU I was always under the impression that deer poaching was mainly … Continue reading
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