#Inglorious12th
One of my satellite-tagged eagles, making one of the best decisions of its life....leaving the Angus Glens on the eve of the #Inglorious12th and heading west as fast as it can. Smart eagle.
August 11, 2026 at 9:47 PM
Hen Harriers🪶drawn age 8 ❤️ ‘They’re incredible flyers, but they’re one of the most persecuted birds, we have to protect them! The grouse hunting season just started, and hen harriers are in danger’ 💔 #inglorious12th @henharrieraction.bsky.social 🪶
@raptorpersuk.bsky.social
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August 13, 2025 at 5:28 PM
How many other birds and animals are killed or suffer to put grouse on the plate? #Inglorious12th
August 12, 2024 at 6:35 AM
On this the inglorious 12th spare a thought for the millions of pheasants raised in industrial factory farms in France then released into the UK country side to be shot, starve or killed on the roads. #inglorious12th
August 12, 2026 at 1:10 PM
Hen Harrier persecution on UK grouse moors - new research suggests only 0.5 - 10% of incidents are detected.

The tip of the iceberg.

New blog ⬇️

#Glorious12th #Inglorious12th #RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime

raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/08/12/h...
Hen Harrier persecution on UK grouse moors – new research suggests only 0.5 – 10% incidents are detected
The ‘tip of the iceberg’ is a phrase often used by researchers and conservationists when describing the scale and extent of illegal raptor persecution in the UK, meaning that what is kn…
raptorpersecutionuk.org
August 12, 2026 at 7:44 AM
Today is the start of the grouse shooting season. The 'glorious' 12th. Nothing glorious about killing animals for fun. Time to rewild the moors for the benefit of wildlife and climate.
#Inglorious12th #inglorious #rewilding #rewild #climate
August 12, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Time to #ReclaimOurMoors ,
relegate the #Inglorious12th to the more sordid pages of our #HistoryBooks and #JustBanShoots 🔥
August 12, 2026 at 11:55 AM
It’s the #inglorious12th when toffs and City bankers start the grouse shooting season, dressing up in tweed and paying up to £5000 per day for the privilege. Moorland heather will have been burnt, many animals, raptors and corvids killed, all to boost grouse numbers. #raptorpersecution
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August 12, 2025 at 5:46 AM
How many other birds and animals are killed or suffer to put grouse on the plate? #Inglorious12th
August 12, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Today is the so-called 'glorious 12th.' The start of the grouse shooting season.
This anti-wildlife, anti-ecological anachronistic pastime needs to be consigned to the history books.

#glorioustwelfth #grousemoor #inglorious12th

@chrisgpackham.bsky.social
August 12, 2026 at 2:33 PM
The #raptorpersecution and "vermin" control on our moorlands has been in readiness for today, the #Inglorious12th. The first day of the grouse shooting season. A mosaic of over 200 photos I took around many of the known persecution sites in Nidderdale #Yorkshire

@friendsofthedales.bsky.social
August 12, 2026 at 6:58 AM
Why would the start of a killing season be "Glorious"?

Hunting grouse for fun is not only cruel, it uses masses of land which could be in communities' hands.

Through the Land Reform Bill, the @scottishgreens.org will curb land use for bloodsports . #Inglorious12th
August 12, 2025 at 11:00 AM
#GrouseShootingEstates & their #Arsonist #KillerKeepers rely upon #GovtSubsidies #Burning & #OrganisedCrime 🔥
They treat our environment, laws, communities & wildlife with abject contempt & callous cruelty 🔥 #BanDGS
#JustBanShoots
#Inglorious12th
April 4, 2025 at 3:51 PM
How many other birds and animals are killed or suffer to satisfy the bloodlust of the hunters and to put grouse on the plate? #Inglorious12th
August 12, 2026 at 7:04 AM
Walk-up shooting is a viable alternative to #DGS. Less profitable yes, but more sporting. And less detrimental to wildlife. #Inglorious12th
December 2, 2024 at 3:51 AM
Did you know there is no legal requirement for grouse moors to publish the vast numbers of wildlife they cull. #Inglorious12th #NoMoorMyths
December 1, 2024 at 9:02 AM
An alternative statistic to Andrew Gilruth’s claim on raptor persecution prosecutions -

“71% of those convicted for crimes relating to raptor persecution between 2000 and 2022 were employed as gamekeepers.”

Search for your own evidence and make your mind up.
#Inglorious12th
August 12, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Spectacular skydancing adult male #HenHarrier on #NorthUist this spring. A common sight on the #OuterHebrides but not on UK #grousemoors, where these beautiful birds are ten times more likely to 'disappear'. Illegal killing remains commonplace. Unacceptable. #inglorious12th.
November 30, 2024 at 10:28 PM
It's now 2026

and it's time to

#JustBanShoots
Great work by #ReclaimOurMoors for keeping the pressure mounting against those few inadequates who still enjoy #KillingForKicks
#Inglorious12th
#JoinThisYearsProtest
August 15, 2026 at 7:17 AM
If you knew the country harboured an industry based on criminal activity, you'd do something about it, no? #Inglorious12th @MarkAvery
November 30, 2024 at 8:46 AM
I want to see an end to raptor persecution in the uplands. Criminal activity needs to be stopped #Inglorious12th http://thndr.me/9H6yXJ
November 28, 2024 at 1:04 PM