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.
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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
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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…
Pheasant chick imports now arrive by Eurotunnel
The Times reports today that Eurotunnel is the last remaining route into the UK for millions of French-bred Pheasant chicks after ferry companies boycotted the imports. From The Times report (by Will Humphries) it appears that Eurotunnel was unaware of the numbers of live birds being imported on 3.5 tonne trucks and that animals are…
Pasqueflowers at Barnack at Easter
Sometimes the Easter break comes at the right time for Pasqueflowers, and sometimes the weather is perfect. This is one such year. Make the most of the glorious weather this Bank Holiday weekend. Mostly these county flowers of Cambridgeshire are fenced in but occasionally one does a runner, like the one below, and can be…
Those Europeans…
Those Europeans coming over here rebuilding our habitats and our wildlife… See here Interesting, isn’t it (I think it is) that it isn’t our governments, it isn’t our millionnaires, it isn’t our NGOs, who are leading on rewilding our knackered uplands on a massive scale… Why not?
Have you noticed…?
Natural England has not announced its review of the General Licences yet… I think they are in a corner and don’t know how to get out – but I may be wrong.
Gamekeepers plan to say that gamekeepers are wonderful – shock!
Gamekeepers are asking themselves whether they are wonderful and are expected to say ‘Yes, we are!’. It’s a fairly obvious point but – wouldn’t it be more impressive if gamekeepers could get others to say how wonderful they are? And I don’t mean their employers! If the RSPB, Wildlife Trusts and other real conservation organisations…
You don’t see this very often…
I went back to check on a paper on heather burning which was published a few years ago and found that something had been added to it. 10 January 2019In the version of this Article originally published, the authors neglected to include information on Competing Interests; this has now been included in all versions of…
Getting close
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The crowdfunder by The Seahorse Trust (see Guest blog here) has passed £10,000 and is heading towards its target of £12,000 with 8 days to go to raise the balance. I wish them success!