The government is approaching a “fork in the road” that could “change the course of the future for nature” as it plans to shake up the country’s planning system, wildlife conservation charity the RSPB has warned. Today the UK’s largest conservation organisation the RSPB is asking people to speak up for nature and ensure wildlife…
Category: THE WILDLIFE NGOs – RSPB, Wildlife Trusts Wild Justice, BSBI etc
RSPB press release – Storm Petrels’ movements
New research has pioneered the use of GPS tags on the UK’s tiniest seabird, the Storm Petrel. For the first time several years of data have been collected on the little birds’ movements at sea. Researchers discovered they regularly travelled up to 300 kilometres to feed in the stormy waters off Shetland. The Storm Petrel…
Northumberland Hen Harrier nests
When British Birds arrived this morning that tipped me off to the six pairs of Hen Harriers that nested in Northumberland this year. Six pairs of Forestry England land and private land nearby produced 18 fledged young. A Hen Harrier named Sofia, hatched in 2018, who bred last year, was the most successful female this…
Wild Justice comments on DEFRA/NE/BASC/GWCT/Exeter University review of released gamebird impacts
See here.
Press release – Langholm Initiative
£500,000 donation keeps race-against-time community buyout bid alive One of Scotland’s largest community buyouts that has appeared at risk in recent weeks has received a major boost thanks to a £0.5 million pledge from the Dunblane-based Carman Family Foundation. The community of the small town of Langholm in Dumfries and Galloway aims to buy 10,500 acres…
After a very long wait…
This review was published yesterday. It is a major part of the DEFRA response to a Wild Justice legal challenge over the failure of DEFRA to assess the impacts of the unregulated release of tens of millions (47+ million Pheasants and 10 million Red-legged Partridges) on non-native gamebirds on sites of conservation importance. Wild Justice…
If you’re really bored
We had a chat with Jimmi Hill about how we get on, how we set up Wild Justice, driven grouse shooting and the meaning of life…
An update from Wild Justice on e-action
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Wild Justice has provided an update on how the joint e-action with RSPB and Hen Harrier Action is going, with a list of the top 20 English constituencies (there are some familiar names there) – click here to have a look.
NE and BASC are friends
In the database there are 82 agreements listed. I’m not copying a spreadsheet for you here but I’m sure that Natural England would be happy to provide information to you as they have to me. One wonders why they don’t list them somewhere – 82 in two and a bit years isn’t so many. But…
Press release – Beavers, Scottish Rewilding Alliance
Call for fresh approach as Scotland’s beaver killing season begins The future of Scotland’s fragile population of wild beavers is at risk as this year’s beaver killing season begins, says the Scottish Rewilding Alliance, a coalition of 24 leading environmental charities, countryside access organisations, businesses and community groups. Scotland’s baby beavers are officially seen as no…