dead raptors ( http://www.rspb.org.uk/england/north/action/stoppoisoning.asp ). The strange thing is I'm particularly keen to see strong populations of Ring ousel and Skylark, up there, and they are also prime prey species of these hen harriers.

Attitudes to game conservation and attitudes to stone conservation, in local people, seem to mirror. Conservation is conservation, it seems, whether it is of ancient relics or a living creature.