What's this photo got to do with hen harrier persecution?

This is a photo centred on the handle of our wood burner. What on earth has this to do with the killing of rare birds?

Well, we had a chimney sweep in the other day. We got talking about all sorts of things including birds and the protection of wildlife.

When he opened our stove with the handle, he noticed it had a pronounced squeak. This stopped him in his tracks. "You see, I am a mechanic, and that noise upsets me as much, as the killing of rare birds upsets you."

Without hesitating, he took the handle apart, put some special lubricant on it and now it's totally silent. If only we could solve the hen harrier problem as speedily.

I jokingly complained to him that he should have just left it as it was because "when I heard that handle squeak I knew that the missus had put another log on the fire and that I would not have to interrupt my football viewing". A pathetic attempt on my part to bond with an old school cockney geezer.