I asked NE in July and September, about their role in the Bowland gull cull and I did again in early November. This time I got a sensible answer about whether I would get an answer eventually. Such is how we now measure responses from our statutory nature conservation organisation. What I sent: Further…
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Quick response from NE – Bowland Gull Cull 5
Received yesterday (see here): Good afternoon Mr Avery Many thanks for your enquiry. In terms of the `culling of lesser Black-backed Gull in the Bowland Fells SSSI this year`, there is an ongoing investigation taking place so we cannot comment further until our investigations are concluded. Thank you once again for your enquiry….
Any NE news on gull cull? Bowland Gull Cull 4
Following this, this and this, I have asked Natural England this: On 10 July I asked ‘Has NE consented culling of Lesser Black-backed Gull in the Bowland Fells SSSI this year?’ On 9 August, after turning this into an EIR request (Request 3929), you used Regulation 12 (5)(B) – Administration of Justice to justify…
Guest blog – Bowland: crimes against nature by Eleanor Upstill-Goddard
Eleanor is a wildlife conservationist and raptor enthusiast from Northumberland with an MSc in Biodiversity Conservation and Ecosystem Management from Newcastle University. She indulges her passion for wildlife through photography and writing. Twitter: @DaisyEleanorug We have all heard of the expression ‘to turn a blind eye’, meaning to pretend that a particular act…
Response from NE – Bowland Gull Cull 3
Well! I suppose I might accept their answer to the first question – I don’t want adversely to affect the course of justice, do I? But either NE have or haven’t given a consent… As far as the second answer is concerned (in the course of completion) – I don’t really believe…
Sunday book review – Bowland Beth by David Cobham
I very much enjoyed David Cobham’s previous book on raptors, A Sparrowhawk’s Lament. This new, slim offering has many of the same features that made that book such a pleasure to read; a love of raptors, a selection of anecdotes and a range of snippets of conversations with others involved in the subject. But this…
Those gulls again (Bowland Gull Cull 2)
The revelation towards the end of Friday afternoon that nesting Lesser Black-backed Gulls were being killed, perhaps under licence from Natural England, in the Forest of Bowland AONB has attracted a lot of comment on social media over the weekend. Natural England responded very quickly to say that they were investigating matters. The Forest…
RSPB calls on NE to act (Bowland Gull Cull 1)
RSPB press release: The RSPB has learned that large numbers of protected birds are being killed on a grouse moor in Lancashire. A RSPB staff member working in the Bowland area discovered two estate workers shooting nesting lesser black-backed gulls – on a grouse moor managed by the Abbeystead Estate – leaving their chicks to be…
Male Pallid Harrier sets up home in Bowland
Many thanks to Tim Sarney for these images. What a turn-up eh?
Bowland leaflets
Could you possibly deliver these leaflets in and around the Forest of Bowland please? If so, please contact me at mark@markavery.info and I will put you in touch with the local team coordinating deliveries.