wildlife | Louise Gray

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My first shooting season

February 10, 2015 animal ethics, animal rights, animals, birds, Country sports, eating, environment, ethics, Farming, field sports, Food, game, Meat, nature, pheasant, shooting, vegan, vegetarian, wildlife 6 comments

I spent the winter learning about shooting

I spent the winter learning how to shoot

I grew up in the countryside, so it may seem strange to call this my first shooting season. But this is the first time I’ve actually held a gun. Read more

Gregg Wallace didn’t like my vegan shepherd’s pie, so I made a real lamb roast

December 10, 2014 animals, Books, chefs, cookery, eating, environment, ethics, Farming, Food, Gregg Wallace, lamb, Meat, nature, shooting, television, Uncategorized, vegan, vegetarian, wildlife Comments Off

Wild soay sheep

This blog is about to get bloody. Sorry, but I did say I was writing a book about only eating animals I have killed myself. This means at some point I will have to kill something. The point is to do it in as humane a way as possible and to educate people about where meat comes from. Read more

H is for Human too

November 5, 2014 animal ethics, animal rights, birds, Books, ethics, Meat, nature, Rewilding, Uncategorized, vegan, vegetarian, wildlife Comments Off

H is for Hawk has won the Samuel Johnson prize

The world is going crazy for H is for Hawk, the first memoir to win the Samuel Johnson Prize. I think I know why. Read more

A class bird: Learning how to cook pigeon with MasterChef Natalie Coleman

September 30, 2014 animal ethics, animal rights, Country sports, eating, environment, ethics, Food, Meat, nature, pigeon, shooting, vegan, vegetarian, wildlife Comments Off

Pan Roasted Pigeon with Orange Braised Lentils, Chicory & Hazlenuts

If you want to only eat animals you have killed yourself, the traditional place to start is learning to shoot a pigeon. I was fortunate enough to also learn how to cook one with the former winner of MasterChef. Read more

Grouse shooting: The vainglorious 12th

August 25, 2014 animal ethics, animal rights, Country sports, eating, environment, ethics, Food, Grouse, highlands, nature, Rewilding, shooting, trees, vegan, vegetarian, wildlife 6 comments

A walked-up grouse shoot beneath the wind turbines

Since I have pledged to only eat animals I have killed myself, I decide to go grouse shooting on the Glorious 12th and start off the project with a bang. It doesn’t quite go to plan…

Shucking oysters: A soft start to the kill-to-eat diet

July 21, 2014 animal ethics, animal rights, eating, environment, ethics, fish, Food, nature, Rewilding, vegan, vegetarian, wildlife Comments Off

I didn’t mean to match my nail varnish to the oyster knife…

Oysters are possibly the most “raw” food experience you can get, in fact they are probably still alive when you eat them… Read more

Late spring in the Highlands: Blooming rhododendrons

June 15, 2014 environment, gardening, highlands, nature, Rewilding, rhododendrons, trees, wildlife One comment

Rhododendron blooms frame the Torridon hills in June.

The rhododendrons are in bloom across the Highlands and I must admit they look beautiful – but they look better in a bonfire. Read more

A winter in the Highlands: Or how I learnt to love waterproofs and hate rhododendrons

April 22, 2014 gardening, highlands, nature, Rewilding, rhododendrons, wildlife Comments Off

Stunning views out to Ben Alligin now the rhododendrons are cleared.

Apologies if I have been a wee bit quiet on the blogging front. Rather embarrassingly for an environmental journalist, I have been involved in a major deforestation project. Read more