Four ultra-marathon fell runners are taking on an extraordinary three day challenge in July, running 200km across grouse moors in Lancashire and Yorkshire.
The idea is to visit the last known locations of ‘missing’ satellite-tagged hen harriers on grouse moors in the Bowland AONB, Yorkshire Dales National Park and the Nidderdale AONB.
They’re doing this to raise awareness of hen harrier persecution and to raise £10k to support Wild Justice hen harrier projects. They also hope to raise funds that can be put towards rewards to secure prosecutions against those who kill hen harriers.
Their ultra-marathon will start at 8am on Weds 3rd July and end at 12 noon on Saturday 6th July.
If you’re a fell runner and would like to run with them, please contact Henry Morris (see website link below).
If you’d like to donate towards this fundraiser, please visit their crowdfunder page here
If you’d like to find out more about the four runners (a personal trainer, a nurse, an analyst and a music promoter, who’ll no doubt be labelled ‘animal rights extremists’ for their efforts) their route and their motivation for taking on this challenge, please visit their website here
Raptor Persecution UK 
I imagine it will generate much publicity for the run and Wild Justice.
Excellent.
I won’t be joining them.
Great idea! Good awareness raising!
Yeah, can just imagine the reactions of the nasty brigade. Bastards.
Away to donate!
Love this, good luck and hope you don’t encounter any of the nasty brigade
Some very nasty people are going to be really pissed off about this! Fell runners have witnessed some dodgy incidents and have even been caught in snares so no great surprise, but great pleasure they’re supporting Wild Justice. If the public see the supporter base for taking action against illegal persecution is widening more will take notice something really is up. Great stuff!
Great idea , how do we donate ? Well done all involved .
Hi David
The crowdfunder page is here:
https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/thehenharriers
Respect to them all! Great initiative and I think the logo is fantastic as well!
I’ve just got round to reading their website, it’s superb! It’s as good a piece of writing to demolish driven grouse shooting as I’ve ever read anywhere. If more of the general public take an interest through this it will be fantastic, but not surprising. These are the sort of people that really appreciate the uplands not the tweed idiots trying to con us that a degraded burnt over heather monoculture is a ‘habitat’ rarer than rainforest. I hope they get maximum publicity for this! I will have to overcome my phobia about financial transactions over the internet to make a donation!
I do hope they have some armed guards with them including a video team
All power to their legs n hearts