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Message: <blockquote data-quote="pratincol" data-source="post: 3255493" data-attributes="member: 65801">Not sure which planet BGR is living on but maybe he needs to take a reality check, or,failing that, apply to join the Flat Earth Society.Sorry to bang on about the Langholm project but just I  been reading a book about birds of prey in the UK.It tells us about the head gamekeeper who has no qualms about the co-existence of  Hen Harriers and Red Grouse.Probably the same man they interviewed on Radio 4.He described how dead chicks[and rats apparently] are left on feeding posts as diversionary food.He impressed me as a normal, decent, balanced human being.Astonishingly the book also relates the story of a Hen Harrier arriving on a Northumbrian shooting estate.The gamekeeper actually approached a bird of prey group to ask for advice how help in supporting Hen Harriers on the estate.Wonders will never cease!</blockquote>