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‘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


RSPB appoint new President who believes shooting 'makes you less of a human being'
"Charity leaders should always remember that it is not their voice, or their opinion that matters, but the interests of causes they are...
Oct 19, 2022


Locals in uproar over devastating impact of red kites across the Chilterns
Across the Chilterns residents are in uproar as the increasing number of red kites continue to devastate rare wildlife. Even children...
Oct 17, 2022


The bloated wastefulness of the RSPB
Those whom the Gods wish to destroy they first make mad. On Saturday at its AGM, the RSPB will announce that when, in 2020, it instructed...
Oct 13, 2022


Animal Rebellion vandalise small shooting supply business in protest against UK methane gas release
Last weekend a group called Animal Rebellion, who are an offshoot of Extinction Rebellion, took to the streets of London to, in their own...
Oct 11, 2022


“Not if, but when” for catastrophic wildfires following reduction in controlled burning in uplands
As the heather burning season begins in the English uplands, habitat managers are increasingly worried about the massive rise in...
Oct 10, 2022


Birdwatchers guilty of "appalling behaviour" as they flush out elusive Lanceolated Warbler
The Lanceolated Warbler, or 'Lancey' as it is better known, is a treat for many birdwatchers on their pilgrimage to Shetland. But more...
Oct 6, 2022


The RSPB's shameful double standards
We have referred before to the descent of RSPB grandee, Duncan Or-Ewing, from the rarefied heights of the RSPB's offices in 'rural'...
Oct 5, 2022


Is the RSPB bird-ringing scheme unwittingly spreading bird flu?
Stock image of white tailed eagle: Thomas Landgren For anyone who loves birds, the Avian Influenza outbreaks that we have seen this year...
Sep 26, 2022
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