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Monthly Archives: May 2015
Illegal foxhunting in Scotland?
I read the other day that a number of foxhunts in Scotland had been monitored by the League against Cruel Sports (LACS), who claim that in many cases the law was being ignored. It is an offence under the Protection … Continue reading
Book review – Horse Welfare. Use not Abuse.
I reviewed this book from the basis of knowing little of horses apart from Clydesdales, and that was over 50 years ago. Some of the book deals with horse racing, a sport in which I have not the slightest interest. … Continue reading
A casualty hen
We have a casualty amongst the poultry just now. One of our hens has been picked on by the other five. I don’t know if it is at the bottom of the pecking order or just happened to have some … Continue reading
Late agricultural operations and the risk to nesting birds
Yesterday I was involved in a discussion on Twitter about farmers rolling grass fields at this time of year. I have a bee in my bonnet about this and have already written on my blog about the subject (Reduce buzzards … Continue reading
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Tagged curlew, Glen Quaich, lapwing, mallard, oystercatcher, partridge, redshank, rolling fields, skylark, snipe
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Nesting ospreys at T in the Park – further comment
In the next saga of the nesting ospreys at the T in the Park site on Strathallan Estate, Perthshire, Perth and Kinross Council has given the go ahead for the festival to take place. I was dismayed however to read … Continue reading
Tayside’s first pesticide abuse conviction
Tayside’s first pesticide abuse conviction, as recounted in my first book, Wildlife Detective: In June 1995, a field ornithologist was walking on the hills on Farleyer Estate, Aberfeldy, Perthshire, when he found two hens eggs lying on a bare patch … Continue reading
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Tagged alpha-chloralose, baited eggs, Farleyer Estate, feral pigeons, hen harrier, meadow pipit, merlin, Perth Sheriff Court, phosdrin, SASA, Schiehallion, search warrant, SGRPID, SOAFD, wheatear, wren
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