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BirdGuides 01aafef2-6b51-4e9c-b7b2-2ef03e9758f2 Birdwatch goes on sale today [Thursday 28 January]. In this edition, Ed Stubbs tells the tale of his 'local big year' – a dedicated effort to seeing as many species in his corner of south-west Surrey in 2020. And, as it happened, it proved to be a resounding success ... While many of us kept things local in 2020, Sam Jones didn't bank on getting locked down in Colombia last March! Here he recounts the remarkable story of his last-minute change of plan, which saw him spend two months on a ranch in the Central Andes, enjoyi...

SNP ministers have been accused of years of delay over plans to hand more powers to the Scottish SPCA to allow it to better investigate wildlife…

0shares In some rare good news, Defra will now regulate trade and chemical use, meaning we no longer need to adhere to European restrictions The free trade agreement between the UK and the EU will not bind the UK to European laws that limit the use of lead on and around wetlands. And in more good news, environmental regulations that have been used to attack shooting will come under the full control of the UK Parliament. Under the terms of the free trade agreement, the UK will not be obliged to use the EU REACH framework to regulate the trade in and use of chemicals. Defra has already pu...

Essential pest control in Wales will be allowed to continue after Judge Jarman QC rejected the claims of Wild Justice on 18 January 2021. Wild Justice had asserted that general licences GL001, GL002 and GL004 were not lawful but in the High Court judgement all three of these claims were refused. Led by Mark Avery, Chris Packham and Ruth Tingay, the campaigning body had issued a legal challenge on 1 January 2020 against the three general licences named. They are available for the purpose of preventing serious damage or disease to crops or livestock, protecting public health and conserving cert...

General licences remain legal in Wales after court ruling >More in © FLPA/Shutterstock General licences that allow farmers in Wales to shoot bird “pest” species such as crows and woodpigeons remain legal following a High Court challenge by wildlife campaigners. Campaign group Wild Justice had launched a legal challenge against Natural Resources Wales’ (NRW) three general licences – GL001, GL002 and GL004. The licences allow farmers, landowners and gamekeepers to shoot species including carrion crow, magpie, jackdaw, jay, Canad...