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Are things going from bad to worse for the RSPB? Following on from the revelation that the charity are proposing significant cuts,...

A confederation consisting of the Northumberland Wildlife Trust and the Wildlife Trust (itself a confederation of the UK's 46 Charitable...

The RSPB have announced that sixty of their reserves are likely to be affected by the charity’s proposed cuts. A document, understood to...

Predator control is almost always an emotive topic. The killing of any animal tends to trigger at the least discussions, if not...

It had been a while since we had heard from the animal rights activist Bob Berzins. Having been a regularly mouthpiece of a lot of...

Robbie Moore, the Conservative MP for Keighley and Ilkley and the current Shadow Farming Minister (formerly Defra Minister) has spoken...

As we have reported on time and time again on this page, it appears to be almost invariably the case that in the uplands, the people who...

Sometimes even we are still surprised by the complacency and arrogance shown by elements of the BBC when dealing with important rural...

In recent years Natural England, the executive non-departmental public body, sponsored by DEFRA has succeeded with the almost...

The Northern England Raptor Forum ( NERF ) was established, we are told, to provide one effective voice to represent the conservation...

There is a saying in the British Army. It is used when some idiot officer gets control and starts making stupid, often dangerous,...

Last week, we reported from Hen Harrier Day at Carsington Water in the Peak District, hosted by Chris Packham and his friends at Wild...

Chris Packham and his Wild Justice amigos caused quite a stir at their little hen harrier day gathering last week when he called on any...

The wet cold spring and summer has played havoc with our upland birds. Rarely has the sun shone and the ground shown any sign of drying...

In an article for The Telegraph, Alan Cochrane argues that the Scottish licensing system for grouse shooting is "the first of what’s...

'Oh, what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive', so said Scottish author Sir Walter Scott. It seems the head of...

Mr Packham, it would seem, is off on his holidays. This week, he has been visiting Cowny in North Wales. Chris makes no secret of his...

As was explained in the two previous posts (see Exhibit A and Exhibit B) RSPB has received yet another huge grant from the Heritage...

The news that five members of the protest group Just Stop Oil have been sentenced to up to five years imprisonment has gone down like a...

Once we had recovered from the stunning news that RSPB had once again extracted a huge sum of money (£244,000) from the Heritage Lottery...