I spoke at the BTO HQ in Thetford on Thursday evening – and it was a fun evening. Indeed it was a fun day. There was an audience of 40+ people and we started at 1915 and they didn’t let me go until well after 2145! There were lots of questions, and some of them…
Category: THE WILDLIFE NGOs – RSPB, Wildlife Trusts Wild Justice, BSBI etc
RSPB joins the party on Judicial Reviews
The RSPB has just announced on Martin Harper’s blog that it, too, is making a legal challenge to Natural England’s licensing of brood meddling. The RSPB tipped me off on Tuesday that they had made this decision but they were waiting until they had sent off their letter before action before going public. It’s good…
Trusted Trustees (5) – International Women’s Day
It’s International Women’s Day, although it has been delayed in our wildlife NGOs. Here are the number of trustees and male trustees for a variety of wildlife NGOs (others are, of course, available) and also the gender of their Chairs and CEOs. They are in some sort of order.
Good news from Cyprus
Press release from RSPB and BirdLife Cyprus: Number of songbirds illegally trapped on UK military base in Cyprus falls more than 70% Latest report estimates a fall of 70% in the number birds illegally killed on British military base in Cyprus last autumn. The reduction is due in large part to work by RSPB…
Looking forward to speaking at BTO on Thursday
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I’m talking at The Nunnery, Thetford on Thursday evening – Kick-off 19:00.
Trusted trustees (4) – GWCT’s Ian Coghill and James Paice
The longest-ever serving GWCT Chair, Ian Coghill is standing down after eight years, in July. He will be succeeded by former Defra Agriculture Minister of State, Sir James Paice. Ian Coghill has led the decline in reputation of the GWCT over the last eight years, although Chief Executive, Teresa Dent, must take a large share…
Press release from Crustacean Compassion
Michael Gove was presented with a petition today signed by over 35,000 people calling on Defra to “Show Lobsters Some Love”. The petition was presented as a giant Valentine’s Day card for Gove to sign in his capacity as Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. It was presented by Crustacean Compassion, the…
YFTB attacks the RSPB again
Presumably as a result of the RSPB’s strong criticism of Natural England’s decision to license a trial of brood meddling and the RSPB’s support for Ed Hutchings’s e-petition in favour of licensing of driven grouse shooting (other e-petitions are available) YFTB has dusted off its attacks on the RSPB. In a press release issued by…
Leaving the NT
Last week’s blog about switching my membership from the National Trust to the National Trust for Scotland attracted a lot of views and over 50 comments. The comments, both here and on social media, were very varied and ranged from ‘did that ages ago myself’ to ‘you have no right to do that’ and from…
RSPB members signing up for licensing
The RSPB has used its campaign email to encourage signatures for Ed Hutchings’s e-petition in favour of licensing of grouse shooting. This is good to see. This has pushed the signature total over 4000 so it’s heading upwards at a reasonable pace and looks set to double its numbers of yesterday morning by close of…