Standing up for Nature
I have now had a letter from DEFRA via my MP which is pretty much identical to this one – click here. These things take a while but I am glad that DEFRA has had to inform all we interested and concerned constituents what they think. Of course the letter still says that they want…
It doesn’t look as though this will be a Waxwing winter as numbers seen around the country so far are very low. And the first indications of an invasion are usually large flocks, by this date, in Shetland, eastern Scotland, the northeast of England and East Anglia. Maybe next year? But after looking at this…
Miles King has written regularly on this site. His previous blogs and more information about him can be found here. Twitter: @MilesKing10 . Berrier Farm under Trees: 100 acres of Bog, Heath and Grassland destroyed by tree-planting. England desperately needs more trees, we are constantly told. And it’s certainly true that tree cover here is…
DEFRA Secretary of State, George Eustice, says; The negative effects of gamebird releases on protected sites tend to be localised with minimal or no effects beyond 500m from the point of release. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/defra-concludes-its-review-into-releasing-gamebirds-on-and-around-protected-sites I wonder why Mr Eustice thinks that. Might it be because that’s what was in a DEFRA Witness statement made by an…
There is a narrative developed by DEFRA and Natural England that the Madden and Sage review, and the bits that they didn’t look at, all combine to mean that any impacts of gamebird releases are limited to, and are known to be limited to, 500m from release sites. This is not true. It’s not true…