Mark Avery I’m an author and environmental campaigner. One of my passions is ending the illegal persecution of a wonderful bird called the Hen Harrier. We’ve reached our funding target March 2, 2018 We did it – together! Over 900 of us have ra…
Category: Roeburnscar Cottages
New initiative to target the raptor killers in North Yorkshire
How about this for proper, proactive, genuine partnership working to tackle illegal raptor killing in North Yorkshire, one of the UK’s most prolific raptor persecution hotspots.This is really encouraging. There’s no obsfuscation here, just a clear a…
Remembering and Restoring the River Roeburn Film
The lottery funded film we’ve all been waiting for:
Backsbottom Farm 2017-11-15 11:33:00
The Lost Words by Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris © Shiny New Books Author: Macfarlane R & Morris J, Illustrated, Nature, Reviewer: Peter Reason, Words Reviewed by Peter ReasonWhen our postman handed me the pa…
Raptor Persecution…….again……
Bowland: Crimes Against Natureby Eleanor Daisy Upstill-Goddard · 22nd September 2017 We have all heard of the expression ‘to turn a blind eye’, meaning to pretend that a particular act or occurrence has gone u…
Statement on Persecution of Birds of Prey
copyright F.of B.7th November 2017The Forest of Bowland AONB is an important area for the birds of prey that we associate with the English uplands, such as hen harrier, peregrine, merlin and short-eared owls. However, the RSPB Birdcrime Report…
Farmers Workshop on Natural Flood Management
19 Oct 2017Guided walk around demonstration area on farm Natural Flood Management Farmers meeting on 19th October 2017 visited the slow the flow demonstration on Backsbottom Farm to see check dams, swales and blanket bog restoration and discussed mo…
