1. Early Day Motion 915 praising brood-meddling has not gathered any further support! In fact it is worse than that for its proposers, a Labour MP added his name and then removed it! So we see an EDM on the actions of NE and Defra whose only supporters are four DUP MPs and one SNP…
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Politicians aren’t speechless – but aren’t saying much
David Davis made a speech the other day which was supposed to reassure somebody or other that we aren’t heading to a Mad Max future without laws and rules. Here’s the speech – very light, and very unreassuring, on environmental protection. Mr Davis passed the buck on the environment to Michael Gove with his ‘……
Wuthering moors (61) – Natural England – how deep have you sunk?
Dear Natural England, You know that ‘Catchment Restoration Plan’ that you signed with Walshaw Moor Estate? You know? This one. Yeh? The one with the new track? This new track? Yeh? The new track with the measurements of peat depth along its length? Before you signed off this joint plan – you…
Tim Melling – Little Forktail
Forktails are a family of birds native to SE Asia that inhabit rivers and streams. I have seen several different species (always a treat to see) but the Little Forktail surprised me by being really tiny. Also it does not have the exaggeratedly forked tail that the others have. In fact its scientific name Enicurus…
Tracking the Midhope moor case – Peak District
Long-term readers of this blog may remember this case in the Peak District National Park from May 2016. This track was constructed in 2015 without planning permission but funded by Natural England despite it being in an SPA, SAC and SSSI. In 2016 the estate applied for retrospective planning permission and over 180 of…