The Welsh government will not spend £1.6bn on a ‘relief’ road – that’s a relief because the plans would have wrecked some irreplaceable Welsh landscape and wildlife-rich habitat on the Gwent Levels. The expense of the project must have been a major reason for its abandonment but Welsh First Minister, Mark Drakeford, also said he…
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A journey back in time
It wasn’t only the wildlife of the forests which impressed in Poland, so did the wildlife of the meadows and farmland. From the balcony of our accommodation … … there were views over the surrounding gardens … … and a few minutes walk away were the meadows around the river. The English countryside would have…
Interesting question
I’ll be interested in this answer too.
Hmmm – that’s odd
If you are reading this blog on your phone, then you may not have any problems, I don’t on my phone. And maybe all looks good to you on your PC or tablet – but it doesn’t on mine! The ‘theme’ (the blog template) I’ve always used here with the nice blue colour has just…
Defra in a big panic – consult, consult!
Defra want to know what everyone thinks about everything by 5pm a week on Monday. That gives the world 5 working days to get their thoughts together. I”m pretty sure that Wild Justice will be submitting something.
General Licences – not quite business as usual is it?
See the exchange of letters between the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and Natural England, published today. Getting notice of this in an email from Defra seems to mean that Wild Justice is now a Defra stakeholder. Gosh! Michael Gove is now in charge of pigeon shooting and crow control, as…
Jay to drop out of general licensing says BTO
The BTO website has had an overhaul and it looks very attractive. In a blog on the spanking new and attractive website, the BTO CEO Andy Clements (also a Board member of Natural England) writes about the scientific challenges for the new general licensing regime that Natural England is introducing. The blog is well worth…
NE publishes GL28 and GL31
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/canada-geese-licence-to-kill-or-take-them-for-public-health-and-safety-gl28 https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/799914/gl31-woodpigeons-prevent-serious-damage-to-crops.pdf I suspected there would a last-minute, late-Friday-before-the Bank-Holiday-weekend spasm of action from NE, and there was. Wild Justice and its lawyers will be looking carefully at these.
I hope you had a good weekend
The last four days have been wonderful – time spent with family, time spent sitting in the garden and time spent with Spring nature. This is a time of arrivals – the emergence of butterflies, the flowering of plants and the growing mix of songs in the dawn chorus. Here are some of my weekend…
April British Wildlife
The latest British Wildlife arrived in the post on Thursday – and if it had been a wet Bank Holiday weekend it would have been read by now! But the weather has been glorious so I’ve only dipped into it. My column, written six weeks ago, is about legal challenges and Wild Justice. I write…