SS15 wildlife watching

This blog was set up in mid-March 2020 during the emerging COVID-19 health crisis in the UK. It initially aimed to provide records of wildlife sightings and photographs from sites within walking distance of my home in the SS15 postcode area of Basildon in Essex during lockdown travel restrictions. Even though the pandemic has largely subsided, this blog continues to include my local wildlife sightings, my trips away from home plus some personal thoughts and reflections on other issues.

Friday 12 August 2022

The Inglorious Twelfth

Animal welfare charity calls for an end to driven grouse shooting and a ban on snares – Raptor Persecution UK

Today marks the start of a season of killing sentient animals for 'fun' on driven grouse moors & is the cumulation of year-long killing of red grouse predators by cruel snaring & trapping methods.

What could possibly be considered glorious about that?#BanSnares #GloriousTwelfth pic.twitter.com/RqrvxJlBz8
— OneKind (@onekindtweet) August 12, 2022