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Here is the response to the email from the previous blog post: Sorry for the delay in my response. I have been getting some advice on the issue from our environmental health team. As you are well aware heather burning is a legal activity subject to the Heather and Grass (Burning) Regulations (as amended) 1987….

This is a rather prosaic subject but, here goes, what’s the difference between a song and a call? Like many things, it seems pretty straight forward until you get into the depths of the subject. So let’s rise above the detail. Consider the farmyard fowl. A cockerel, cock or rooster crowing is an example of…

I was copied into this email recently. I’ve disguised the names and location as the complaint is a general one which I have seen many times before – but here it is very well-expressed. However, I might point out that I have lived on the ********* for 30 years and I know the regulations. I…

Whilst soil quality is a neglected aspect of environmental health and water quality is clearly very important, this would make a good undergraduate essay topic. Why has the history of nature conservation been so wrong in concentrating on site designation and protection, species protection, a proper planning system, reducing overexploitation, preventing the introduction of invasive…

Yesterday I asked you whether you preferred game bird, gamebird, game-bird or maybe you really weren’t the least bit fussed about it. There were a lot of very interesting comments. And the results were as follows: A resounding majority (58% of responses) of 362 responses was for gamebird with the next most popular response being…