One of last year’s young hen harriers from Langholm is missing in action.
‘Annie’ was satellite-tagged on Langholm Moor last summer, along with a young male called Sid.
Sid ‘disappeared’ a few months later in North Yorkshire in September 2014 (see here).
Annie ‘disappeared’ a few weeks ago in March. The last signal from her sat tag showed she was in an area of South Lanarkshire. Hmm.
Photo of Annie from the Making the Most of Moorlands Project.
Henry visited Stonehenge to consult the Druids.
He asked where he might find a girlfriend.
The Druids told him that although their prophecies are legendary, even they couldn’t answer that one.
Henry is visiting Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire. Owned by the Ministry of Defence, this is an important winter roost site for Hen Harriers.
Despite the shells and mortar bombs, this site is safer for Hen Harriers than on driven grouse moors. Says it all, really.
Henry was escorted by his friends Michael Groves (a volunteer with the South Wiltshire Owl & Raptor Nest Box Project) and Nick Adams (Wiltshire Raptor Group).
Henry’s still not found a girlfriend so he calls the RSPB’s Hen Harrier Hotline (0845-4600121) for tips on where he might find one.
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The trial of Scottish gamekeeper William Dick has been continued at Dumfries Sheriff Court.
Dick, 24, of Whitehill Cottages, Kirkmahoe, Dumfries is accused of bludgeoning and repeatedly stamping on a buzzard. The offences are alleged to have taken place in Sunnybrae, Dumfries in April 2014. He is also accused of alleged firearms offences. He has denied the charges.
The trial has been adjourned, again, and will now apparently resume in August! We don’t know the reason for the long delay.
Previous blogs on this case here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here
Most of the people Henry met in the Upper Derwent Valley had never even heard of a hen harrier, let alone the dire straits they’re in thanks to the criminal actions of some grouse moor owners and their gamekeepers.
They have now!
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Today, Henry was skydancing at a significant site in the Upper Derwent Valley.
This location is significant because last year, 570 sodden protesters and a hen harrier called Harry came here to celebrate Hen Harrier Day and to call for an end to the illegal killing of hen harriers.
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