If you go to the APHA website you’ll find this map of the location; Birders will recognise the area as Sandwich Bay with its Bird Observatory. I remember standing on the road which runs throughthe pink circle and looking west at an enclosure which we were told had some Beavers in it. Whereas the area…
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Gamebirds victory (5) – writing to Wales
Today Wild Justice’s lawyers wrote to the Welsh government and asked them what are their plans in respect of gamebird releases in Wales in 2021.
Gamebirds victory (4) – what Tim Bonner said, and what he might have meant.
Tim Bonner is the gift that keeps on giving. In our little chat on Today (at 1hr 50mins into programme) on Saturday morning he said a couple of things that are worth examining in more detail. Here they are: There is no evidence whatsoever that Pheasant or Red-legged Partridge are doing any significant damage to…
Gamebirds victory (3) – another aspect of illegality
May I refer you to document EB2, page 116, section 4.2 of those released by DEFRA on Friday as part of their caving in to the Wild Justice legal challenge? Here it is: It’s only really the first sentence you need bother to read although the whole of sections 2 and 3 are worth looking…
Gamebirds victory (2) – how many gamebirds?
Wild Justice started its legal challenge of gamebird releases in July 2019. The latest published figures for gamebird releases of which we were aware were those by the GWCT in 2018 (Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust. 2018a. How many birds are shot in the UK? Game and Wildlife Review 2017: 41–42.) which referred to the…