The charming Tim Bonner was interviewed in an incredibly friendly manner on Farming Today this morning. He said he didn’t like wildlife crime, but there were reasons why people killed raptors, and that’s because raptors conflicted with people’s interests. The example he came up with was that Hen Harriers can cause declines in the numbers…
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Joke response to Committee on Climate Change report from Moorland Association
Last week the Moorland Association released a joke response to the Climate Change Committee report on land use which recommended an end to rotational burning on peatlands this year. Now you wouldn’t think that would be exactly what the Moorland Association would want but they still have the brass neck to write; The Moorland Association…
Interesting figures on SSSI status
This was in my local(-ish) paper but it seems to be the Northants tip of a national iceberg. In the olden days it would have been an NGO that did this anlysis but not now – I wonder why not? The basic story is that Natural England isn’t doing its job properly in acting as…
Come on Tony – must do better
Tony Juniper has been at the helm of Natural England for nearly nine months and in July Natural England will report on their progress during his first year. Hopes were high that we would all see a positive change with a change of both Chief Exec and Chair but probably the best that can be…
Suffolk
This week I spent some time at the World Land Trust HQ in Halesworth. I’ve been a Council member of WLT, and for the last couple of years a Trustee (the two roles are different) and now I find myself Chair of Trustees. This is almost akin to being a grown-up, which is a bit…
December 2019 – a record month in a strong year.
And so 2019 draws to an end. How was it for you? Here on this blog, December 2019 was a record December. Previous Decembers had never got into the 80,000s in pageviews, with December 2015 (at 79,000 pageviews) being the best December on record until this year when, as of yesterday, the pageviews already surpassed…
Wildlife crime on grouse moors so well-established that it features on TV quiz shows
On University Challenge (Christmas series) the other night there was a question about which species is ‘… said by the RSPB to be the UK’s most intensively persecuted bird, partly because of illegal killing by gamekeepers on grouse moors’. Neither team got Hen Harrier (even though the scientific name had been given and some other…
Guest blog – War on Wildlife Project by Charlie Moores
A life-long birder, Charlie Moores co-founded Birders Against Wildlife Crime and is a former trustee of League Against Cruel Sports. He writes and makes podcasts about wildlife and the environment. Twitter: @charliemoores So I’m in the kitchen at home, mid-2015. Thinking about things. I’d like to say about Hen Harrier Day or bettering my efforts…
Looking back at 2019 – August – October
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August is always a busy month and this was no exception. Wild Justice organised the biggest Hen Harrier Day event ever – attended by at least 1500 folk. And it was fun. This was closely followed by a meeting with Natural England during which the Petitions Committee, after a curiously long delay, published the latest…
Looking back at 2019 – April – July
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The end of April for me, and on this blog, was somewhat dominated by Wild Justice winning its case against Natural England on general licences. Here are just a few blogs on the subject Wild Justice wins its first legal challenge, Statement by Wild Justice, Wild Justice’s legal challenge – how the case progressed, Nice…