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Soul searching from the RSPB as they conduct survey questioning their 'arrogance' following warning
Could the message finally be getting through to the RSPB that both the public and policymakers consider the organisation 'arrogant'? On...
Jan 2, 2023


BBC provides honest assessment of Grouse Shooting as part of Botham's Boxing Day Special
With the often Disneyland portrayal of the countryside reported in Springwatch and the vitriolic diatribe of abuse against rural life...
Dec 27, 2022


In-depth investigation into peat burning vindicates moorland managers
A six-month in-depth investigation by Defra into allegations of illegal moorland burning has found that moorland managers have not been...
Dec 20, 2022


The willingness of government to give money to RSPB on request is starting to raise questions
Regular readers may be growing tired of the RSPB's Lake Vyrnwy, but it is the only RSPB reserve where we have, by chance, an insight to...
Dec 19, 2022


Ambitious conservation targets impossible without respecting rights of indigenous local communities
Environmental NGOs, government officials and activists are all in Montreal right now at the UN’s biodiversity conference. The purpose of...
Dec 13, 2022


Despite boasting assets of £279m RSPB demanded £316k from Welsh taxpayer after Vyrnwy nature decline
There are a few things that you can say for certain about the RSPB. They are a secretive organisation when it matters, they are very good...
Dec 8, 2022


At £11,000 per stoat do the Heritage Lottery Fund have any idea how the RSPB are using their grants?
Contrary to popular belief the RSPB does kill wild mammals and birds. Every year it publishes what it claims are its bag returns every...
Dec 7, 2022


Conservation Groups fed Parliament a 'Hurricane of Misinformation', according to leading scientists
Conservation groups have been accused of misleading parliament after providing a 'hurricane of misinformation', it was claimed this week....
Dec 6, 2022


‘Persecuted’ Scottish osprey reappears in Morocco, raising further issues with satellite tags
Ruth Tingay, from RPUK, and Mark Thomas, from the RSPB’s investigation team, love using the phrase ‘disappeared in suspicious...
Nov 30, 2022


'The Guardian: A cloud of curlews carries me away'...thanks to upland keepers.
Credit: Emily Graham media. Today's Guardian carried a Country Diary from Elizabeth-Jane Burnett on the joy of curlews. The article...
Nov 25, 2022


Rural organisations exasperated by RSPB bird crime report
Writing in the Shooting Times Matt Cross outlines the exasperation felt from rural organisations towards the RSPB. The RSPB has published...
Nov 21, 2022


RSPB accused of aiding 'greenwashing' after £385,000 bung despite burning of 1.5t of deep peat a day
The need for urgent and profound action to prevent a climate catastrophe has never been more important. That does not mean however that...
Nov 17, 2022


The RSPB's 'bird crime' report tells a story which bears little resemblance to the truth
Today, like previous years, the RSPB launch their annual ‘bird crime’ report. It will come as no surprise that this once respected...
Nov 15, 2022


People's 'Walk for Wildlife' fails to find the people
The People’s Walk for Wildlife is Chris Packham’s latest self-publicising scheme; a walk through London, ending up at Parliament Square,...
Nov 13, 2022


Firefighters record significant rise in wildfires reinforcing need for controlled burning
The summer of 2022 was the joint-hottest on record with widespread wildfires breaking out across the country at an unprecedented rate....
Nov 10, 2022


How harriers have become weaponised
The fate of satellite tagged birds of prey, particularly hen harriers, is one of the most politicised issues in conservation. Despite...
Nov 8, 2022


Endangered species 'on the brink' following extensive trap vandalism across the uplands
Illegal trap vandalism is rife across the uplands with endangered species being pushed to breaking point and costing land managers tens...
Nov 4, 2022


The irony of Packham telling viewers 'not to accuse individuals of a crime when no evidence exists'
In last week’s episode of Autumnwatch there was a scene where a hedgehog was seen on a night vision camera scurrying away after being...
Nov 2, 2022


New Prime Minister Rishi Sunak supports moorland communities and workers
Rishi Sunak has been making his name in not just National but now global circles, as the new Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. But...
Oct 24, 2022


Packham, the Poodle and the Criminal Saboteurs
Chris Packham no longer bothers to hide his associations with hunt saboteurs. In August he praised a group of masked thugs who targeted a...
Oct 20, 2022
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