The hunters are the hunted

My blood boiled over several times yesterday after learning about and seeing pictures of various species of animal ranging from Brown Bears to thrushes shot in the name of sport organised by a company that was apparently based in the UK.

Well, it turned out that the page was a forgery put up by people fleecing money from unwitting hunters wanting to go on organised shooting trips. Isn't it funny that the hunters are getting ripped off by fraudsters!

I hope that Facebook do remove the page nonetheless as it still remains a repulsive reminder of one of our disgusting traits as humans that still persists despite us claiming to be civilised. 

How can these vile pigs be allowed on Facebook?

One of the heinous entries on Hunting and Sporting Scotland Ltd Facebook page

How can people like this lot be allowed to advertise shooting trips to kill Brown Bears in Romania, Turtle Doves and Song Thrushes in Spain.

How can a company based in a civilised country but clearly run by barbaric animals be allowed to advertise such vile activities involving species that are in serious decline.

These people have to be stopped. Please pressure Facebook and leave messages expressing your disgust on their page. These horrid people need to be exposed.

Need I say anymore.

I'm catching up! - My Shetland list

Hugh Harrop of Shetland Wildlife & TUB

I'm beginning to catch my breath after an amazing two week stint on Shetland in June followed by a frenetic filming and writing schedule - which hasn't ended just yet!

I want to thank Hugh Harrop for being such a great mate and a good geezer all round for making my Shetland experience so amazing!

My Shetland list

Red-throated Diver

Great Northern Diver

Fulmar

European Storm Petrel

Northern Gannet

Cormorant

Shag

Grey Heron

Mute Swan

Whooper Swan

Greylag

Canada Goose

Shelduck

Mallard

Gadwall

Pintail

Shoveler

Wigeon

Teal

Pochard

Tufted Duck

Ring-necked Duck

Eider

Red-breasted Merganser

Sparrowhawk

Moorhen

Coot

Common Crane

Oystercatcher

Ringed Plover

Golden Plover

Lapwing

Sanderling

Turnstone

Dunlin

Little Stint

Redshank

Bar-tailed Godwit

Curlew

Whimbrel

Snipe

Red-necked Phalarope

Great Skua

Arctic Skua

Black-headed Gull

Common Gull

Herring Gull

Lesser Black-back

Great Black-back

Glaucous Gull

Kittiwake

Common Tern

Arctic Tern

Puffin

Black Guillemot

Guillemot

Razorbill

Rock Dove

Wood Pigeon

Collared Dove

Cuckoo

Swift

Skylark

Sand Martin

Swallow

House Martin

Rock Pipit

Meadow Pipit

Pied Wagtail

Wren (Shetland race)

Robin

Northern Wheatear

Song Thrush

Blackbird

Blackcap

Lesser Whitethroat

Sedge Warbler

Willow Warbler

Chiffchaff

Spotted Flycatcher

Rook

Hooded Crow

Raven

Starling

House Sparrow

Linnet

Twite

Goldfinch

Greenfinch

Common Crossbill

Common Rosefinch

94 species

mammals

Bearded Seal

Common Seal

Grey Seal
Otter
Rabbit
Mountain Hare
Brown Rat

Hedgehog

Rambles around Shetland

 The coast at Scatness

 Immature Common Crossbill, Baltasound, Unst

 Redshank

 Great Skua at sea

Common Tern in Lerwick 

Arctic Hare

Shots from Shetland

 Gannet at Noss

 Gannet

 Grey Seal

 Atlantic Puffin (Hugh Harrop)

 Golden Plover

 Common Crane with busted wing

Immature male Scarlet Rosefinch

Urban Birder Sightseeing in Shetland

 Northern Lapwing

 Oystercatcher

 Northern Fumar

 Common Starling

 Little Stint

 A pair of Red-necked Phalaropes

A female Red-necked Phalarope

Dungeness

Had a nice Sunday morning strolling around the shingly expanses of Dungeness, Kent. 

There wasn't a great deal around bird-wise but that was cool. It was nice to take a break from the tons of writing that I have been doing recently.

 A pair of Linnets

 The lighthouse

 An expensive beach hut

 A curious male House Sparrow

 A wary Herring Gull

A male House Sparrow