tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2947651991148942344.post6055540715893358887..comments2023-10-20T08:42:01.243+01:00Comments on A birding odyssey.: Hen Harriers in Bowland.........a lament!John S. Armitagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14452035194822027644noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2947651991148942344.post-72762653079910688492012-05-05T19:37:49.311+01:002012-05-05T19:37:49.311+01:00Hi Mike. I'm not aware that any of the roosts/...Hi Mike. I'm not aware that any of the roosts/areas involved have been monitored formally other than by amateur ornithologists like yourself. This is the sort of monitoring and presence that I feel could be instigated by RSPB. Given the non-existent population in Bowland this year it could all be a bit too late but I'm sure birds from other areas use those locations as well!! Don't give up though, I'm sure we can turn the situation around. Thanks for your comment. John.John S. Armitagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14452035194822027644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2947651991148942344.post-8193269141017537212012-05-04T21:07:54.337+01:002012-05-04T21:07:54.337+01:00Hi John. I've been monitoring Hen Harriers as ...Hi John. I've been monitoring Hen Harriers as a volunteer for Natural England since 2003 in the Colsterdale, North Yorkshire area which produced 5 male young in 2002. There were several more success stories up until three years ago since when there has been no more breeding attempts. We lost at least three males who failed to return from hunting trips during my time on the moors plus the odd female. It has been common knowledge that birds have been got at whilst at their winter roosts, has to your knowledge any concerted effort been made to monitor these roosting sites?<br /><br />Regards.<br /><br />Mick Baron<br />Leeds.barontan2418https://www.blogger.com/profile/06944613632181135705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2947651991148942344.post-57139474386960126592012-05-03T08:46:42.331+01:002012-05-03T08:46:42.331+01:00Hi Stuart. Thanks for the comments. I suppose I...Hi Stuart. Thanks for the comments. I suppose I'm duty bound to say the "change" came about as a result of pure persistence, but also approaching the problem on a wide variety of fronts. In reality fewer nests were interfered with, leading to better productivity, and, at the very end of the decade,the situation was gathering further momentum. The current situation results,not from wide persecution in Bowland, but the deliberate targetting of birds in winter at sites elsewhere.John S. Armitagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14452035194822027644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2947651991148942344.post-4316820217975094782012-05-02T22:31:48.469+01:002012-05-02T22:31:48.469+01:00This is an excellent overview and a howl of rage. ...This is an excellent overview and a howl of rage. It needs to be sent to all the grey suits and 9-5 merchants. They will probably ignore it but then the activists kick in and the suits cannot complain they did not know! <br />What turned things around in the mid-eighties from such a low number?BigStuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17694664214043196044noreply@blogger.com