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The RSPB's call to report burning is "unnecessary and deliberately controversial"
Last week, the Yorkshire Post and other titled reported that the RSPB was urging its members to report incidences of heather burning,...
Feb 7, 2022


Winterwatch presenters ‘demonstrate dangerous levels of ignorance’ on wildlife and nature
The latest series of Winterwatch, filmed at Norfolk’s Ken Hill Estate, is over and it is fair to say once again our friend Chris Packham...
Feb 1, 2022


The many benefits of peatland restoration, and why landowners invest in it
Peatland preservation is a topic that we often discuss on these pages; after all, although it may currently be a fashionable topic with...
Jan 31, 2022


How spending time in the uplands can improve a person's wellbeing
The mental health benefits of spending time outdoors is something that has been well documented over the years, and has become even more...
Jan 26, 2022


Wild Justice suffer yet another legal defeat: their attempt to challenge burning rules is thrown out
It really does feel like Groundhog Day, but once again we hear that Wild Justice have failed in their latest court proceedings. The trio...
Jan 19, 2022


Packham 'plays victim' as true victims suffer in silence as a result of his actions
It is that time of year again when Chris Packham takes to our TV screens on the BBC’s Winterwatch. In a week where controversy over the...
Jan 18, 2022


The problem with the politicisation of the rewilding movement
Some people are turning away from the word ‘rewilding’ and the vast amount of baggage it now brings with it. The National Trust, for...
Jan 14, 2022


New Cambridge University study reveals that controlled burning helps increase carbon capture
Anyone who follows this page, or who follows the debate over moorland management in any way, will already be well aware of the many...
Jan 13, 2022


Charities and activist groups turn on Luke Steele and his campaign group 'Wild Moors UK'
Luke Steele, the criminal animal rights extremist who previously spent 18 months in prison, is finding friends few and far between....
Jan 10, 2022


Common sense prevails as Defra ignores Wild Justice's vendetta against shooting
As of 1 January 2022, general licences – which dictate the rules of how conservation managers and landowners are able to manage numbers...
Jan 6, 2022


Saving the Curlew: how fiddling while Rome burns has become the strategy of choice for the RSPB
Everyone says that one of the most pressing bird conservation issues is the continued long term decline in curlew numbers, both...
Jan 4, 2022


Top ten failures of 2021 from Wild Justice and friends - Day Ten
Day Ten - Another Failed Court Case Wild Justice seem to determined to draw out the legal process, and their supporters funds, even when...
Dec 24, 2021


Top ten failures of 2021 from Wild Justice and friends - Day Nine
As if Wild Justice needed any more evidence of what would happen to some of our rarest red listed birds without proper land management,...
Dec 23, 2021


Top ten failures of 2021 from Wild Justice and friends - Day Eight
Despite wild game being by far and away the most sustainable and nutritious source of protein, that hasn't stopped Wild Justice from...
Dec 22, 2021


Top ten failures of 2021 from Wild Justice and friends - Day Seven
Wildfires are tragically becoming a more and more serious concern in Britain, increasing in both frequency and devastation. The 2018...
Dec 21, 2021


Top ten failures of 2021 from Wild Justice and friends - Day Six
Cognitive dissonance is a wonderful thing. It certainly helps conservationists no end – whether that’s in opposing muirburn just to let...
Dec 20, 2021


Top ten failures of 2021 from Wild Justice and friends - Day Five
Natural England remains a prominent presence across the uplands of the UK. As well as having their own involvement in certain areas of...
Dec 19, 2021


Top ten failures of 2021 from Wild Justice and friends - Day Four
Having joined forces with the RSPB to run an unsuccessful campaign called 'ban-the-burn', which sort to ban any sort of burning across...
Dec 18, 2021


Natural England data on tagged hen harriers brings fantastic festive news
Natural England have today published their latest data on hen harrier monitoring, tagging and satellite tracking. This year Natural...
Dec 17, 2021


Top ten failures of 2021 from Wild Justice and friends - Day Three
Day Three - Wild Justice wastage of public funds In early September, Packham tweeted a letter he had sent to Defra concerning “the amount...
Dec 17, 2021
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