Dr Therese Coffey is the junior minister at Defra. Now that Gavin Gamble’s e-petition in favour of banning driven grouse shooting has passed 10,000 signatures Dr Coffey will need to sign off a government response. In order that she does not make Defra look even more foolish than they do already I am providing a…
Tag: RSPB
Both Botham and the RSPB are wrong
Ian Botham talks rubbish a lot of the time, it seems to me (see here, here and here) and clearly I am not alone as Birdwatch readers voted in droves for YFTB, for whom Ian Botham has spoken in public, in last year’s ‘Guano awards’ (see here, and see here for this year’s contenders). One…
RSPB AGM
If the Conservative Party wants to know how to run an event then they could ask the RSPB. I’m not sure what would count as the Leader’s speech but none of Miranda Krestovnikoff (President), Steve Ormerod (outgoing Chair) or Mike Clarke (Chief Exec) did any coughing or were handed P45s, and no letters fell out…
RSPB press release
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RSPB Scotland comment on Government response to environmental justice consultation Commenting on the publication today of the Scottish Government’s response to its consultation on environmental justice, Lloyd Austin, RSPB Scotland’s Head of Conservation Policy, said: “RSPB Scotland has long argued for improvements to Scotland’s environmental justice systems, welcomed the debate sparked by the Scottish Government’s…
RSPB press release – Perthshire estate
RSPB Scotland welcomes SNH announcement of restrictions on Perthshire sporting estate Video evidence supporting restrictions revealed RSPB Scotland has welcomed the announcement by Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) today of two restrictions imposed on the use of General Licenses on a sporting estate in Perthshire and on an un-named individual. These follow previous similar restrictions imposed…
RSPB White-tailed Eagle story
An RSPB press release: Online sea eagle star re-emerges four years on Mull eagle now in the Highlands A sea eagle, whose movements as a youngster were followed online by people around the world, has been found successfully raising a family in the northern Highlands. Known as Shelly, she was fitted with a satellite…
Bird Fair books – review – RSPB Handbook of Garden Wildlife (2nd edition)
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Reviewed by Ian Carter This is clearly a book that has stood the test of time, deemed worthy of a new edition almost ten years on from its initial publication. After a few pages of introduction, the bulk of the book is taken up by the species accounts, roughly equally split into vertebrates, invertebrates…
Please support FoE, RSPB and Client Earth in this legal case
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Dear Mark If our government breaks the law, it’s essential that people can hold it to account. This is especially important when it comes to the environment where a decision, say to demolish a wood unlawfully, can cause damage that can never be undone. In February 2017, the government changed the rules. As a result…
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…
RSPB, what’s the plan?
Martin Harper, the RSPB Conservation Director says, ‘The hen harrier, by contrast, has suffered a significant setback in its recovery according to the results of a recent UK survey. It is on the brink of extinction as a breeding bird in England…how do I explain their absence to my children? Well actually, Martin said that…