If you go back to May 2019 you will find that I quoted from the BTO’s Andy Clement’s blog at the time as follows;
… there may be insufficient scientific evidence to merit the inclusion of Jay on the licence list in order to conserve birds …
https://www.bto.org/community/blog/2019/general-licences-and-bto
And yet, the Jay is still listed by DEFRA on the proposed 2021 general licences.
I’ll be able to tell you more about NRW’s position on culling Jayes soon.
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