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National Trust and RSPB in firing line ahead of Government's much needed shake up of charity sector
[Sir John Hayes is leading the calls for a shake up] It was revealed over the weekend that over 25 MPs will write to Boris Johnson urging...
Nov 24, 2020

Importance of controlled heather burning reinforced in Westminster as Olivia Blake MP let down
Olivia Blake MP seems like someone who means well, but today she has been hugely let down by whoever briefed her ahead of the Westminster...
Nov 18, 2020

The RSPB's burning problem
[Gamekeepers supporting the effort to put out wildfires on moorland where controlled burning has not occured, like the RSPB's...
Nov 17, 2020


With over £221 million in reserves why do the RSPB need yet another fundraising campaign?
[The Lodge - the palatial offices of the RSPB in Sandy] Another day, another RSPB fundraising campaign. This time on Facebook, where they...
Nov 16, 2020


Lord Botham stands up for the countryside and ordinary rural folk
Cricketing legend and national icon, Sir Ian Botham, who now sits in the House of Lords, has won widespread plaudits across the...
Nov 16, 2020

How the sunlit uplands turned into a battlefield
The uplands of the British Isles are one of most important habitats in the UK. Beautiful, unspoilt landscapes, home to unique plant life,...
Nov 9, 2020


Man charged after Peregrine eggs stolen from three nests in the Peak District for Middle East
[Falcony in the Middle East - Credit: GJ] Game keepers have been under a sustained and coordinated attack for many years from opponents...
Nov 9, 2020


Grouse shooting delivers major benefits to rural Scotland, SNP government report finds
[PA] The dependency that many remote moorland communities have on driven grouse shooting has been known for years, however that doesn't...
Nov 6, 2020

Scottish Govt report shows grouse shooting provides more employment than any alternative land use
See the below article from the Scottish Gamekeepers Association The second piece of Scottish-Government research into the economic and...
Nov 4, 2020

Charity groups 'playing with fire' after deliberately misleading MPs on heather burning
[Gamekeeper showing how peat remains wet following controlled cool heather burning] Charity groups have been accused of playing with fire...
Oct 27, 2020


Oct 21, 2020


There is now little difference between the RSPB and the League Against Cruel Sports
The picture above was taken in 2015, and what it shows is fairly obvious. The man on the left is Joe Duckworth, then-CEO of the League...
Oct 20, 2020


Making Manchester carbon neutral – or destroying vital carbon sinks?
Peat bogs such as these are vital carbon sinks It’s not only as a big name nationally that it’s beneficial for the RSPB to have him on...
Oct 15, 2020


Upland communities accuse RSPB of pushing fake news over rotational cool burning of heather moorland
Recently the RSPB tweeted, “There really is no scientific or moral justification for burning our peatlands... so why is it still...
Oct 12, 2020


Andy Burnham 'made to look foolish' by the RSPB after being fed misinformation
[Mayor of Manchester, Andy Burnham, was likely fed wrong information by the RSPB] The recent press release, sent out by RSPB is something...
Oct 9, 2020


Despite having reserves of £227 million, data shows the RSPB furloughed over 1,100 people
FieldSports TV today published the findings of their investigation which revealed the true extent of the RSPB's colossal wastage. As...
Oct 8, 2020


Millions of tonnes of carbon released from preventable wildfires on RSPB managed land
[Aftermath of yet another wildfire - Kara Simpson/Thurso Fire Station] Our regular readers will recall our discovery that the RSPB was so...
Oct 7, 2020


To protect the environment we must prevent moorland wildfires
[Without controlled heather burning you get environmentally devastating wildfires] Controlled heather burning is being talked about a lot...
Oct 6, 2020

Channel 4 news report reinforces value of grouse shooting on environment and local economy
Last night's Channel 4 news report on grouse shooting proved three key points that those living in our moorland communities already knew,...
Oct 3, 2020

The Royal Society for the Politicisation of Birds
The RSPB's Director of Global Conservation, Martin Harper, has been allowed great freedom by the Trustees of that huge and rich...
Oct 2, 2020
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