Please support FoE, RSPB and Client Earth in this legal case

  Dear Mark If our government breaks the law, it’s essential that people can hold it to account. This is especially important when it comes to the environment where a decision, say to demolish a wood unlawfully, can cause damage that can never be undone. In February 2017, the government changed the rules. As a result…

Snaring in the Peak District National Park

A group called the Hunt Investigation Team (whose previous investigations include the South Herefordshire Hunt) have been investigating land identified by them as the Moscar Estate, in the Peak District National Park, owned, it is claimed by the Duke of Rutland. They have published footage of animals caught in snares including Badgers, Foxes and Mountain…

BASC doesn’t want us to see this film

This is a bit odd. Almost a year ago a filmmaker approached me (and others) to be filmed about the campaign against driven grouse shooting. I agreed to be filmed and I thought that the film might appear after the Westminster Hall debate. I’d almost forgotten all about it by now. I was sent the…

Hen Harriers on WatO

  If you were listening to the World at One today (starting at 38 minutes into piece) you will have heard a long piece on Hen Harriers. Well done WatO!  And well done RSPB (especially Ian Thomson and Blanaid Denman). The bird in question looks like these images by Gordon Yates – super bird isn’t…

Not telling, yet…

I emailed the NE Media Office this morning with the following simple questions: Has NE consented culling of Lesser Black-backed Gull in the Bowland Fells SSSI for this year?  Was an appropriate assessment made of the impact on the conservation interest of the Bowland Fells SPA before any consent was issued?  Please may I see…