Mastodawn

‘It proves this can be done’: Berlin the blueprint to bring #goshawks to UK cities - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/03/it-proves-this-can-be-done-berlin-the-blueprint-to-bring-goshawks-to-uk-cities "still widely persecuted on shooting estates and #grouse moors." "hunting" scum should be in jail

‘It proves this can be done’: Berlin the blueprint to bring goshawks to UK cities

Conservationist plans release of 15 each of the apex predators sourced as chicks into Chester and London

The Guardian

Wen Sep 22

Black Grouse are breeding on the North York Moors - for the first time in 200 years.

A great achievement by the Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust but I would not hold my breath just yet. Some moor owners and their game keepers may have something to say/do.

http://archive.today/2025.09.21-190712/https://www.thetimes.com/uk/environment/article/black-grouse-chicks-north-york-moors-ptbm72f9f (archive)

#Grouse #Birds #Environment #GoodNews #England #Conservation #Reintroduction #Wildlife

OCTADE Sep 8

Many have seen the clip, "Are we the baddies?"

I'm not one of the baddies, but I might have to ask:

"Am I the old man shaking fist at cloud?"

I sometimes catch myself mumbling grumpily at the 'cloud' and SaaS parts of yon Internet. Hosting and VPS services can make me especially grumpy and fist-thumpy when they break.

#grumpy #grump #grumble #grrr #grouse #grouch

Mick Garratt Aug 20

Guardian of the Cleveland Way

Had those two ominous notes from Jaws been playing in my earphones, I might have sensed what was coming. Just two notes, faster and faster, the sound of danger creeping closer.
This red grouse appeared on the Cleveland Way path over Carr Ridge, no more than ten metres away, a plump silhouette against the heather. I expected it to take ...

http://www.fhithich.uk/2025/08/20/guardian-of-the-cleveland-way/

#CarrRidge #ClevelandWay #NorthYorkMoors #grouse

Wen Aug 13

No Glorious Twelfth this year as low grouse numbers cancel shoots

Moorland estates forced to cut back shooting days to protect species depleted by two particularly poor breeding seasons

My hear bleeds for the estates. I wonder how much lead will NOT be dispersed now (most still appear t use it rather than rechoking their firearms)

http://archive.today/2025.08.12-182942/https://www.thetimes.com/uk/environment/article/no-glorious-twelfth-low-grouse-numbers-cancel-shoots-77t3npgk0

#Grouse #Hunting #Killing #Environment #Lead

dankrolla Jul 24

Grouse in da house

#marimoko #canada #alberta #wildlife #outdoors #grouse #fowl #bird #nature

Show thread

Andy P Jul 12

Sooty grouse chick crossing the path and mom hiding in the brush on Mt Rainier

#birds #MtRainier #MountRainier #grouse #chick #wildlife

Janet Dane Jul 1

A #grouse on the run in the #forest. It has babies nearby, but they’re getting bigger.

Molecular Ecology Jun 26

🎉🎉🎉🐦🐦🐦 New paper out in Ornithological Applications!

Efficiency in #conservation: comparable genetic and population data from one and two #noninvasive sampling rounds in #TetraoUrogallus (#WesternCapercaillie)

https://doi.org/10.1093/ornithapp/duaf031

#biodiversity #grouse #monitoring