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Message: <blockquote data-quote="John Cantelo" data-source="post: 3227054" data-attributes="member: 2844"><p>Absolutely appalling.  I don't know the figures for sure, but elsewhere I've seen it suggested that there were 5 breeding pairs of Hen Harriers in England this year. If so this means 80% of "English" males have gone AWOL leaving behind a brooding female.  I'm not sure what the 'average' might be, but I'll wager it's a hell of a lot less than 80%.  I wonder how such a disproportionate level of disappearance on and around grouse moors can be explained .... I must ask that well known conservationist and harrier expert Beefy Botham.</p></blockquote><p></p>