I’ve been trying to get some close-up footage of our local foxes. On Friday I set up a minicam, connected to a DV camera, and sat up all night waiting for the fox to turn up so I could press the ‘record’ button at the crucial moment. Needless to say, the fox didn’t show up! [...]

Fascinating owl behaviour here – this little chap has some tricks up his sleeve to make himself look less like an appealing snack to other owls: Share and Enjoy:

My spies on the ground in the Forest of Bowland tell me that there’s another pair of eagle owls, besides the ones that appear to have come to a sticky end. This other pair are older and more experienced, and have successfully fledged their chicks already – despite what’s described as "swarms" of watchers crawling [...]

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I never thought I’d read that headline, never mind write it. But birdwatchers are, seriously, accusing the RSPB of killing birds of prey. Eagle owls to be precise. On the flimsy grounds that a) an eagle owl was videoed attacking a nesting harrier and b) said eagle owl appears to have met with an unfortunate [...]

I’m testing a new Bushnell trail camera, and managed to capture this fox early this morning (while I was still in bed!). It shoots higher quality video than the last one I tested – rather a nice result. Trail camera fox from James Marchington on Vimeo. Share and Enjoy:

…no, not a gamekeeper, an eagle owl. Now there’s a conundrum for the RSPB! Mind you, that nice Mark Avery has still managed to make it sound like it’s our fault: Dr Mark Avery, the RSPB’s Director of Conservation, said: "Hen harrier numbers in England are perilously low due to years of illegal shooting and [...]

Shooting Sports Trust spokesman Mike Yardley is complaining to the BBC about their treatment of shooting on BBC One’s The Big Questions, broadcast at 10am on Sunday. The programme featured anti-gun campaigner Lucy Cope and Graham Showell of Britain Needs Guns, alongside Mike, in a studio discussion type programme hosted by Nicky Campbell, headlined "Should [...]

It’s not often you get the chance to link those four things in a headline, but today I drove to Battle in Sussex for a gundog scurry at the lovely Powdermills Hotel, practically on the site of the famous Battle of Hastings in 1066. The hotel was originally a gunpowder factory (they made cannons and [...]

I went back to check the trail camera today. Here’s the best roe deer sequence it had caught. Having set off the camera, the deer then obligingly walks back across the frame before moving off. Trail camera: roe deer from James Marchington on Vimeo. I also got some nice video of the roe with a [...]