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Moorland management on blanket bogs: Is there a one-size fits all solution?
Dr Andreas Heinemeyer is a Senior Research Fellow at the Stockholm Environment Institute and he is currently in the final stretch of a...
Jul 24, 2020


Will the fake news ever stop?
Image: Richard Walker Last week, we reported on Tim Birch, the Extinction Rebellion supporter and Derbyshire Wildlife Trust’s...
Jul 21, 2020


Moorland peatland restoration project reduces carbon emissions on areas of bare peat by 60%
Across the UK's uplands significant work has been going on to restore peatland. There are few better examples of this peatland...
Jul 17, 2020


Wildlife experts distance themselves from XR’s Tim Birch’s ‘ludicrous’ attack against gamekeepers
[A Bearded Vulture similar to the one spotted this week in the Peak District] This week saw the surprise arrival of a Lammergeier, also...
Jul 16, 2020


Mark Avery dismisses holidays in the North of England as an ‘unattractive prospect’
[There are few pleasures in life nicer than visiting our moorlands] At a time of unprecedented economic crisis, rural England needs all...
Jul 15, 2020


We all need to highlight the common ground between the shooting community and the RSPB
The RSPB are currently in the process of conducting a review into gamebird shooting – with particular focus on driven grouse shooting....
Jul 14, 2020


Packham and Avery’s petition against DGS littered with foreign signatories
Mark Avery gets very excited about petitions. They bring him out in a frenzied state of uncontrollable excitement like an overgrown child...
Jul 7, 2020


Fanatics trying to stop controlled burning will cost lives, following dire warning from firefighters
For thousands of years, humans have been using controlled burning as an essential, indeed life-saving, technique for firefighters and...
Jul 6, 2020


RSPB’s political wing hijacked by left-wing extremist, Adam Barnett, and helped by Kerry McCarthy MP
Across the UK there is growing anger towards public bodies, executive and authorities that have assumed unelected responsibility for...
Jul 3, 2020


Avery's hypocrisy causing supporters to 'lose faith'
Mark Avery does not look like a man who spreads anything too thinly when it comes to his breakfast – but many of his own supporters are...
Jul 1, 2020


Gamekeepers act quickly to stop a wildfire on Peak District's Woodhead Moor
At 6.30pm last night, two gamekeepers saw smoke coming off the edge of the Woodhead Moor. They quickly sent out a fire alert to the fire...
Jun 26, 2020


Debunking the lies trotted out by Chris Packham and Mark Avery's agenda driven campaign against us
The debate on driven grouse shooting is nothing new; however in recent years accusations from our opponents have become far more toxic,...
Jun 25, 2020


Reports emerge of nine Hen Harriers predated by a fox on RSPB’s Bowland reserve
Reports have been emerging over the weekend that nine Hen Harriers, including seven newly fledged chicks, have been predated by a fox on...
Jun 22, 2020


2020 looks set to be a successful year for Hen Harriers
Hen Harriers are beautiful birds and prized above all other birds of prey; all other species for that matter. The male is a stunning...
Jun 22, 2020


The importance of working together
Many of you will know of Mark Avery; indeed, his name has cropped up on here before. As one of the three directors of the Wild Justice...
Jun 11, 2020


Wild Justice working with law firm that represented ‘murderous Shia militias’ in Iraq
Mark Avery, Chris Packham and Ruth Tingay’s Wild Justice working with law firm that represented ‘murderous Shia militias’ to pursue cases...
Jun 3, 2020


What's to be done about wildlife licensing in England?
Eagle mobbed by crows in Hemsley. Image: David Dixon Ever since Natural England were last year forced to revoke three General Licences...
Jun 2, 2020


Peak District inferno brought under control
Tragedy was averted yesterday after gamekeepers brought under a control a wildfire that threatened to cause untold damage, and risked the...
May 31, 2020


The dangers of wildfires – and how moorland management helps prevent them
The last month has seen an almost constant stream of news about wildfires taking hold of large areas of countryside. Many of them have...
May 29, 2020


Birds of prey are doing "incredibly well" in Britain, says leading naturalist
On this morning's BBC Radio 4 Today programme, leading naturalist Stephen Moss presented the week's 'Nature Notes' with presenter Justin...
May 23, 2020
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