Bowland Gull Cull 22

Dear Mr Mark Avery, Thank you for your complaint of Sunday the 5th of August 2018, regarding RFI 3929. We are committed to fully investigating all complaints from our customers and you will receive a response at stage 1 of the complaints process no later than Tuesday the 28th of August 2018. Our complaints procedure…

RSPB press release – Young eagles soar in the skies over Hoy

  Young eagles soar in the skies over Hoy White-tailed eagle chicks take flight in Orkney for the first time in more than 150 years The two white-tailed eagle chicks that hatched in Hoy in May, have successfully fledged, RSPB Scotland announced today. They are the first young white-tailed eagles to take to the Orkney…

An interesting contrast – the good, the bad and the ugly

Reaction from the shooting community to the sound of shooting and the coverage of a trapped Peregrine on a grouse moor in the Forest of Bowland:   The Good:  BASC are pretty much spot on in what they say: BASC statement on RSPB peregrine film BASC utterly condemns raptor persecution and other wildlife crime. There…

Guest blog – Coul Links by Jonny Hughes

Jonny Hughes in 1993 at Coul Links while working as a summer warden for the Scottish Wildlife Trust. The dunes were a wildlife reserve under a 25 year agreement with Cambusmore Estate in those days but the estate unfortunately decided not to renew the agreement and the triple protected site is now imminently threatened by…