Tim writes: the 8th October started well for me as almost unbelievably this was the second species of bird I saw thiat morning after Moorhen. Numbers three and four were Little Egret and Jack Snipe. The Great White Egret flew into the Canal Scrape at Spurn at 7:10 that morning. When I started birdwatching Great…
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GWCT seriously strapped for cash – they say
In their recent evasive blog the GWCT say that I once wrote that I ‘was hoping the GWCT might soon be going bust‘. Wrong again, I didn’t write any such thing (have a look) indeed my blog started with the words ‘Wouldn’t it be terrible if the GWCT went bust?’ which has the opposite meaning,…
No Peregrines taken for ‘falconry’ this year – NE say
Last year you may remember that there was a furore over Natural England issuing licences for falconers to take a small number of Wild Peregrine chicks into captivity for captive breeding; See: 16 April: Natural England issues licences to take Peregrines from the wild where this blog broke the news that Natural England had issued…
Received today #500mmyth
I received this by email today. This is just the type of information that I hope it will be possible for individuals to submit to the DEFRA consultation on regulating gamebird releases which is promised (by DEFRA) for Monday. This letter has been edited to remove information that is personal or which would identify the…