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...
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- Nov 15, 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 13, 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 10, 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 8, 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 4, 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 2, 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...
- Oct 24, 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 20, 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 19, 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 17, 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 13, 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 11, 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 10, 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 6, 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 5, 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'...
- Sep 26, 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 23, 2022
Chris Packham champions his own cause yet again
The ENDS report describe themselves as “the UK's No 1 source of intelligence for environmental professionals, delivering news, analysis...
- Sep 20, 2022
RSPB's Jeff Knott displays 'breathtaking incompetence' in failure to meet Sizewell C deadline
The RSPB have an annual operating budget of close to £150m and an army of staff around the country. Yet they have embarrassingly failed...
- Sep 9, 2022
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II; a true Monarch of the moors
Queen Elizabeth II was a countrywoman to her core, and the moorlands of both England and Scotland were somewhere she felt most relaxed...
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