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Continue reading Raptor Poisoning – too much talk and not enough action by UK Governments!
Continue reading The North of England Hen Harrier Community Consultation Forest of Bowland, including West Lancashire
The inappropriate behaviour complained of by the local raptor group was non-compliance by the WLCO in relation to his disturbance licence conditions, which is a breach of the wildlife legislation that he is expected to enforce, hence the difficulty. Natural England responded to the complaint by writing to the officer concerned reminding him of the necessity to adhere to the conditions of his police disturbance licence. It is believed that this is the first time that Natural England has had to issue such a reminder to a serving WLCO and hopefully it will be the last. The disturbance licence issued to all Wildlife Crime Officers can only be used for the purpose of visiting Schedule 1 nests to prevent and detect criminal offences only. Without explanation this officer had initiated visits to nest sites for what could only be described as monitoring purposes, which is operating outside the licence conditions. As part of the process of trying to resolve concerns raised by the complainant, methodology changes were put in place by NE as a possible way forward in resolving these issues. NE decided to place 4 peregrine nests under the supervision of Lancashire’s WLCO for the duration of the breeding season. This was undertaken in the form of a field protocol. Continue reading Forest of Bowland Activity 2010
Continue reading Nineteen new Sea-Eagles from Norway released into Fife
Continue reading Smuggler jailed for £70k peregrine falcon egg theft Everyone should take the time to read what, according to the Guardian Friday 13th, the Conservative/Liberal partnership have in store for our environment and Wildlife Heritage. The sell-off plan highlight the extreme lengths being considered to meet the government’s demands to slash environmental spending. According to John Vidal, Severin Carroll and Juliette Jowit the authors of the article ” it is perhaps the most dramatic plan being suggested, but by no means the only one which has created deep concern about the future of the nation’s countryside and natural world”. http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/aug/13/crown-jewels-britains-landscape-sold Continue reading ‘Crown jewels’ of Britain’s landscape could be sold off The government-funded organisation Science and Advice for Scottish Agriculture (SASA) has just published its latest report on the illegal poisoning of wildlife, including raptors, in Scotland during 2009. Continue reading The Poisoning of Raptors in Scotland continues
Continue reading DEFRA want your views on the natural environment!
In the wrong hands these highly toxic and dangerous substances, which can be purchased over the counter and retained in large quantities without a licence by the public, could theoretically be used to wipe out total raptor populations in our country. This year so far 10 Red Kite chicks have been recovered dead from a minimum of 4 nests on Scotland’s Black Isle, all displaying typical symptoms of rodenticides poisoning. These figures are of particular concern to Scottish conservationists like Brian Etheridge as they represent 10% of the 39 successful nests found this year and the 88 young that reached tagging age of 5 weeks on the Black Isle this year. Of course the losses could be higher if any adult kites from the four nests have also been poisoned.
Numerous visitors travelled to the kites’ nesting site near Whittonstall, Northumberland, last year, where they were clearly visible at long-range for several months. |
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