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Feb 3
Countryfile Endorses Predator Control to Protect Rare Waders
Following last week’s endorsement of controlled burning to protect heather moorland in the New Forest, the BBC’s Countryfile has once...


Feb 3
RSPB Burton Mere Wetlands receives yet more backlash amid mismanagement claims
The RSPB’s Burton Mere Wetlands site, in Cheshire, attracted attention online when they announced that, due to “a period of ongoing short...

Jan 28
New Forest Head Agister Praises Controlled Burning on Heather Moorland
The head agister of the New Forest commoners has praised the role of controlled burning in preventing wildfires at the national park,...

Jan 23
Children left with blood running down their faces after gull attacks, following Wild Justice campaign to limit ability to control bird numbers.
© SWNS Conservation body NatureScot has said it is happy to discuss what gull management measures can be taken after reports of children...

Jan 20
Government dismiss Wild Justice’s latest tendentious efforts to ban driven grouse shooting
Ruth Tingay is full of her usual bile in response to the Labour Government throwing out Wild Justice’s latest petition. In response to...


Jan 9
Big cats on the run in the Highlands
Late yesterday evening, a buzz began to stir on social media and messaging platforms. The rumour was that two Eurasian Lynx had been...
Jan 7
No one told the joyless trio at Wild Justice that insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
Chris Packham and his Wild Justice pals have launched an online petition to ban driven grouse shooting, for the third time in recent...

Dec 24, 2024
24 Dec - RSPB’s Head of Scottish Investigations makes more mad claims on recent SOC webinar including beaters marching with drums and inflating bag sizes by 83,233% - all in the name of raising funds.
The RSPB’s Head of Scottish Investigations, Ian Thomson, seems to have lost all perspective of reality. Perhaps he never had it. ...

Dec 23, 2024
23 December - RSPB actively championing the UK's worst water polluter, United Utilities, in return for millions of pounds each year.
The pollution pouring in to our rivers is widely recognised as a national disgrace. And last year no water company polluted more than...

Dec 22, 2024
22 Dec - Staff walk out en masse from RSPB reserve after claims it sacked respected warden as he is a 'privileged old English white man' who did not fit 'their diversity agenda'.
Disgusted staff walked out en masse from the RSPB's reserve at Coquet Island after the charity decided to sack a much respected and...

Dec 21, 2024
21 December - RSPB wasted £3m on a tree planting project at Haweswater after many trees died after incorrect planting and microplastics polluted water supplies
According to a new report the RSPB oversaw the spending of a £3 million publicly funded tree planting project at the their Haweswater...
Dec 20, 2024
20 December - RSPB's Vice President, Chris Packham, suggests all Barclays' Bank customers 'stick their head in a fire' whilst relying on diesel generator.
The RSPB’s Vice President, Chris Packham, caused quite a stir at their hen harrier day gathering in the summer when he called on any...

Dec 19, 2024
19 December - The reality of staff recruitment at the RSPB and how moral is collapsing internally
With a staff count of nearly 15,000, including volunteers, the RSPB know all about HR and looking after their staff….or so you would...

Dec 18, 2024
18th December - RSPB warned over 'disastrous consequences' on its position on managed moorland.
BASC has written to the RSPB warning of “disastrous consequences” for our important moorland landscapes unless the RSPB reassesses its...

Dec 17, 2024
17th Dec - Why are the RSPB so unhappy about a 1,150% increase in hen harrier breeding numbers?
The RSPB are a duplicitous bunch. They spend a huge amount of their time and resources campaigning against everything to do with grouse...

Dec 16, 2024
16th Dec - RSPB tells members to switch energy supplier to Ecotricity to save nature, but omits the firm paid them huge amounts of money and was accused of supplying gas directly from fossil fuels.
When the RSPB proudly announced their partnership with Dale Vince’s Ecotricity energy provider, the charity went into overdrive of...
Dec 15, 2024
15th December - How the RSPB's attempt to use a trojan horse on East Anglian farmers led to staff access ban
For many years the RSPB enjoyed a collaborative relationship with many farms and landowners across East Anglia. RSPB staff were welcomed...

Dec 14, 2024
14th December - Black grouse face collapse in Wales due to RSPB management failures, despite huge lottery funding
The National Lottery Heritage Fund [NLHF] is a wonderful institution. Since its inception it has been responsible for supporting many of...

Dec 13, 2024
13th December - RSPB's Upland Policy Officer, Pat Thompson, accused of inciting hostility towards upland communities by distorting facts
RSPB uplands officer, Pat Thompson, seems to delight in courting controversy with statements that many feel clearly incite hostility...

Dec 12, 2024
12th December - RSPB accused of knowingly killing 6.5 million finches a year by spreading disease for their commercial benefit
©Dead Finch/ BirdSpot Each year 6.5 million finches are dying from diseases caused by the feeders sold in the RSPB shop, according to...
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