FC England is consulting on the future of its forests in an upland area, in a National Park – did you immediately think of Dartmoor? I bet you didn’t. See here and here for interesting, conservation-oriented takes on the proposals and the links that will allow you to express a view – by 19 July….
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Truss misleads over waterfowl science
There is a very good article in today’s Times by Ben Webster with the headline ‘Lead ammunition to stay despite poisoning danger‘. Liz Truss, perhaps as one of her last acts, and indeed one of her first (as the least effective Environment Secretary ever), announced that people shooting birds for fun would not be required…
M&S in the news for planning to sell high-lead grouse meat
Chris Packham’s video which asks M&S not to sell grouse meat shot with lead in their stores, stating that he will boycott M&S if they do, and asking people to sign the petition to ban driven grouse shooting, has made the news. Perhaps for readers of this blog, the most interesting piece of the…
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56,000 signatures to get a debate in parliament ton the future of grouse shooting! We are on a roll! Brighton Pavilion joins the ‘200 club’. And the following join the ‘100 club’: Bognor Regis and Littlehampton Nick Gibb MP Mid Derbyshire Pauline Latham MP Dover Charlie Elphicke MP Cheltenham Alex Chalk MP Buckingham John Bercow…
Truss knifes LAG report
Letter from Liz Truss to John Swift More on this tomorrow morning – when perhaps Liz Truss will be in a new job.
M&S – loss of trust
The handling of their grouse issue by M&S has been shabby – not what many of us would have expected from a formerly trusted store. Why do I say formerly trusted? Because I don’t trust them any more. Here’s why. M&S have not come clean on what they, and only they, describe as their industry-leading…
Game-licensing for Scotland
A new petition has been launched in Scotland – calling for licensing of game estates. The name on the petition is the leading light of the Scottish Raptor Study Groups, the inestimable Logan Steele, and this e-petition does put large emphasis on the impacts of gamebird shooting, of any species of game, on birds of…
BBS
The latest Breeding Bird Survey report – for 2015 – is out. I collected data that went into this report, and I am proud that I did. I immediately turn to Table 4 – the summary of trends for the UK (and then look briefly at Table 5 – for England) – but this time…
Why are MPs having a long holiday?
The Parliamentary recess at Westminster is from 21 July until 5 September – that’s a long time and was partly, a long time ago, so that MPs and peers could rush off to their grouse moors for some ‘sport’. This period, no doubt, won’t be one long holiday for MPs, just as it isn’t…
Time for a reshuffle then…
Who would you like as the next Secretary of State for Defra? Who would you hate getting as Secretary of State for Defra? Who do you expect to get as Secretary of State for Defra? I really find it very difficult to answer any of those questions. That’s why I thought I’d ask for…