I was very glad to see that my friend, and co-founder of Wild Justice, Ruth Tingay, got the Daily Mail to change their words and apologise for describing her as an anti-hunt extremist. I’ve known Ruth for years, and have spent what sometimes seem like years in a car with her, and I don’t recall…
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Press release from Leigh Day
Cumbrian campaign group granted permission for judicial review of County Council’s approval of coal mine Campaign Group, Keep Cumbrian Coal in the Hole, have been granted permission for a judicial review of Cumbria County Council’s decision to allow the first deep coal mine in 30 years in the UK to be built. Keep Cumbrian Coal…
Paul Andrew, 1953-2020
Mark writes: Paul Andrew was a birder and conservationist who went to the same school that I did; Bristol Grammar School. Paul was about to leave BGS when I arrived and so I can’t say I knew him well – he was one of those god-like older boys who could identify all birds. But I…
BASC – so predictable
BASC is miffed by Wild Justice’s legal action against the lawfulness of Natural Resources Wales’s general licences. In a badly written statement which doesn’t say much, but says most of it twice, BASC calls Wild Justice a bunch of names. Apparently Wild Justice is attacking the countryside whereas we (Chris Packham, Ruth Tingay and I)…
Thank you!
279 donors and fully funded in less than 45 hours. I am always touched by the generosity of nature lovers. Thank you. Our legal team is very fired up for this appeal which happens on the 17 and 18 March in the Court of Appeal before three judges (identities unknown, as yet).
Wild Justice challenges Welsh general licences
Wild Justice revealed yesterday evening that it had written to Natural Resource Wales challenging the legality of their general licences. Wild Justice is waiting for a response from DEFRA, requested by the end of this week, on its plans for new general licences this year when the current ones run out at the end of…
#justice4henharriers – crowdfunder almost there!
The Hen Harrier is an amazing bird, and the image I’ve used here from Gordon Yates is an amazing image, and you are amazingly generous people. We are almost there and, until 11am today, we are still on Day 2. Thank you very much to over 250 donors. Another 23 fivers will get us there!…
CofE and the government
I’ve always been quite a fan of targets – having measurable aims by which one can assess progress, and the pace of it, is generally a help. Yes, I know it depends what the targets are, and how they are set etc etc etc Of course it does. But the RSPB did set targets for…
BTO press release
The latest report, Population estimates of birds in Great Britain and the United Kingdom shows that the Wren continues to hold the title of our commonest bird – the last report in 2013 also had Wren at the top of the list but with a population of just over 8.5 million pairs. Wren numbers are…