Blogs

A round-up of all our latest news, blogs and events.

The High Court in London has issued the result of a judicial review into Natural England’s decision to grant a licence to allow brood management of hen harriers.

Isla Hodgson is absolutely right to say that efforts to resolve the conflict between hen harriers and grouse moors have so far focused on two areas: diversionary feeding and legislation.

Carefully managing broods of harriers to unlock this proven conflict is eminently sensible and one of the reasons why it has been used around the world for a range of other species.

As well as ringing woodcock, a small sample were tagged with GPS loggers: small tracking devices that record their location but need to be recovered to access the data stored on board. 

Last month, Michael Gove launched a new consultation on a proposal to introduce Conservation Covenants into English environmental policy. We hope that all members and supporters who might find this of interest take advantage of this consultation to have their say.