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Fighting fire with fire - the importance of controlled burning
The latest UN warnings on climate change confirm what many of us already knew only too well: wildfires are becoming increasingly common...
Mar 2, 2022


Have your say: Talking about the impact of the loss of heather moorlands
We are sure that readers of this blog will not need to be made aware of the fact that there is conflict, in the uplands, between...
Mar 2, 2022


If grouse moors are to blame for downstream flooding, then what of the RSPB's Lake Vyrnwy?
Time and time again we hear the same refrain from the anti-shooting fraternity: that grouse moors and the way they are managed results in...
Feb 22, 2022


Settlers in 1788 are being blamed for Australian wildfires. So what of today's upland settlers?
British settlers who colonised Australia in the 1700s are, apparently, to blame for recent bushfires in the country. That, at least, was...
Feb 20, 2022


BBC's Chris Packham distorts true picture about hen harriers in latest article in The Sun
[Chris Packham's article in The Sun, which also misidentifies the bird in question] Chris Packham is branching out beyond his traditional...
Feb 15, 2022


Death of White Tailed Eagle in Dorset brings reality shot for activists on public crime priorities
When hysteria meets cold factual reality, there is always a sense of indignation. But rarely more so than when that hysteria comes from...
Feb 14, 2022


England's only mountain hare population is thriving, new study shows
A new study carried out by GWCT has shown that, despite previous reports to the contrary, England's only population of mountain hares is...
Feb 9, 2022


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
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