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Hopes for 2012
In no particular order of priority, here a few things we’d love to see happening in 2012; 1) An increase in the English breeding population of Hen Harriers. One of the most contentious wildlife issues we have – but perhaps 2012 will see, at least, the beginning of the abandonment of entrenched attitudes and finally…
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Northern England Raptor Conference 2012
Yesterday was the annual conference of the Northern England Raptor Forum; this year organised by the Durham Bird Club and the Durham Upland Bird Study Group. As we drove south, the lovely late-autumn sunshine at home was replaced by cold, gloomy fog to the south of the Tyne, and we arrived at the Gala Theatre in…