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Natural England is throwing bat conservation under the bus
This highly relevant to anything involving the Bat Conservation Trust. They've built their empire to a large extent on the government bat advice contract, which funds the National Bat Helpline. The vast majority of calls to the helpline are requests for 'bat care' involving rehabilitation of... -
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Natural England is throwing bat conservation under the bus
You may be surprised, but I agree with virtually everything you've said - the question is where to pitch a compromise between the interests of humans and those of wildlife. My advice to the cathedral was that there was no need to assess the normal run of activities within the cloister, which... -
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Natural England is throwing bat conservation under the bus
I think you're letting Natural England off the hook here. They want you to think there's nothing they can do in order to deflect blame onto the politicians, but the powers required have been there for over forty years. Section 9(4)b of the Wildlife & Countryside Act says that it's an offence... -
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Natural England is throwing bat conservation under the bus
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Natural England is throwing bat conservation under the bus
Wow - very quiet. Not like the good old days! -
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Natural England is throwing bat conservation under the bus
I've just posted a statement from Natural England on Log in to Facebook, which sets out in detail their position on the (lack of) legal protection for bat swarming sites. Natural England are relying on this to discourage the police from prosecuting cases of disturbance. Who needs the... -
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Natural England is throwing bat conservation under the bus
Seasonal swarming is a crucial component of the annual life-cycle of temperate zone bat species, and the underground sites and built structures where it occurs can be visited by tens of thousands of individual bats, which can travel 60km or more from their home roost. The Wildlife & Countryside...