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22 May 2020
One of the rare days in the realm of the raptors.
View the full video here.
youtu.be/-ona2U2PP-0
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Apr 11
My author copies of Moonlight Crusaders from @OspreyBooks have just arrived. The baby is born after a prolonged gestation period! With thanks for kind comments to @robert_lyman and @historical_kate.
Retweet for chance of winning a free signed copy!
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21 Nov 2025
Making light of dead Hen Harriers is crass and an attempt at misdirection from their persecution on or near grouse moors. What about the one missing in the Moorfoot Hills and the 100 elsewhere? #raptorpersecution
Campaign group Hen Harrier Action today announced that 75% of the hen harriers they tagged this summer with the RSPB have died, including one way out to sea on its way to Greenland.
Not many grouse moors around there now...
c4pmc.co.uk/post/hen-harrier…
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3 Nov 2025
Says the pro shooting former editor of Country Life. 🤡🤡🤡
3 Nov 2025
🐦 Contrary to Expectations, Grouse Moors Teem with Wildlife: Clive Aslet in The Telegraph
Link is in replies 👇
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10 Oct 2025
“managed burning reduces fire risk” from the @MoorlandAssoc 🤡show.
9 Oct 2025
🔥 Natural England’s 2025 review on heather burning ignored key wildfire evidence from the James Hutton Institute, a study showing managed burning reduces fire risk. Selective science makes for bad policy.
Read the full story - link is in replies 👇
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8 Oct 2025
EYES ON THE SKIES - new campaign led by @FriendsDales to raise awareness of raptor persecution in the Yorkshire Dales National Park.
New blog ⬇️⬇️
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025…
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30 Aug 2025
Should White-tailed eagles be reintroduced to Cumbria?
Research by the Cumbrian White-Tailed Eagle Project shows Cumbria holds suitable habitat for the bird of prey – now it’s time to hear from you.
smartsurvey.co.uk/s/CWTEques…
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26 Aug 2025
Incredible that Kurt Vonnegut imagined a Mars rocket nearly the same size as Starship back in 1959. #scifi #Starship #SpaceX
Starship is built to deliver millions of tonnes to Mars. We’re now offering Starship services to the red planet, recently signing our first agreement with the Italian Space Agency
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8 Aug 2025
RT @RaptorPersUK: Illegal persecution of birds of prey is again a major public concern in Yorkshire Dales National Park.
New blog ⬇️⬇️
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30 Jul 2025
30 Jul 2025
🦅 A 1,150% surge in England’s hen harrier population proves what works: collaboration, active management and the vital role of grouse moors.
From 0 nests in 2013 to a record 141 chicks in 2023, read about one of the UK’s great conservation success stories. Link in replies 👇
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28 Jul 2025
I beg to differ.
#raptorpersecution
27 Jul 2025
🦅 Golden eagles are thriving where gamekeepers are working the land – and vanishing where they’re not.
Read how tradition and stewardship are helping bring eagles back:
moorlandassociation.org/post…
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A run out with the Drone this afternoon with a look over Peel Castle towards the city of Peel and beyond and a Panoramic view looking down the coastline towards the south from behind Peel Castle, Isle of Man 🇮🇲 #isleofman #manx #peel #peelcastle
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5 Jul 2025
Happy Tynwald Day, Yessirs.
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3 Jul 2025
NASA Astronaut on ISS caught this sprite over Mexico and the U.S., this morning.
Sprites are TLEs or Transient Luminous Events, that happen above the clouds and are triggered by intense electrical activity in the thunderstorms below.
We have a great view above the clouds, so scientists can use these types of pictures to better understand the formation, characteristics, and relationship of TLEs to thunderstorms.
Source: NASA Astronaut Nichole Ayers
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30 Jun 2025
Regurgitating the bogus 75% claim and rightly condemning those guilty of #raptorpersecution and the illegal killing of Hen Harriers. @LandEthics
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30 Jun 2025
Any replacement would be better than an activity relying heavily on #raptorpersecution to sustain itself. Yes to rewilding, tree planting and ecotourism.
30 Jun 2025
Olivia Blake, Labour MP for Sheffield Hallam, sharing vague details about what could replace driven grouse shooting - 'ecotourism'?
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30 Jun 2025
One for @LandEthics. That 75% figure yet again! Do the @MoorlandAssoc ever read your corrections?🤦🏻♂️
30 Jun 2025
Driven Grouse Shooting debate now underway - watch live here: moorlandassociation.org/post…
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22 Jun 2025
…..and why ground nesting hen harriers are not thriving.
youtube.com/watch?v=VKVU6gO7…
22 Jun 2025
🪶 Did you know grouse moors are home to more ground-nesting birds than many nature reserves? Here's why they thrive there.
moorlandassociation.org/post…
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21 Jun 2025
Most of "Addressing the hen harrier issue" for a start.
21 Jun 2025
“Heather moorland is a rare global habitat, with the UK hosting about 75% of it.” I know you know that this isn’t true, so what else in your briefing note is incorrect of just plain mis/disinformation?
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14 Jun 2025
The Iranian mullahs want nuclear war. It is a regime with two principal objectives: the destruction of Israel and martyrdom. Both would be achieved by mutually assured destruction
thetimes.com/article/56bc381…
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