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The latest news and updates on the campaign to protect moorland communities and rural England.

Jul 14, 2020

We all need to highlight the common ground between the shooting community and the RSPB

The RSPB are currently in the process of conducting a review into gamebird shooting – with particular focus on driven grouse shooting....

Jul 7, 2020

Packham and Avery’s petition against DGS littered with foreign signatories

Mark Avery gets very excited about petitions. They bring him out in a frenzied state of uncontrollable excitement like an overgrown child...

Jul 6, 2020

Fanatics trying to stop controlled burning will cost lives, following dire warning from firefighters

For thousands of years, humans have been using controlled burning as an essential, indeed life-saving, technique for firefighters and...

Jul 3, 2020

RSPB’s political wing hijacked by left-wing extremist, Adam Barnett, and helped by Kerry McCarthy MP

Across the UK there is growing anger towards public bodies, executive and authorities that have assumed unelected responsibility for...

Jul 1, 2020

Avery's hypocrisy causing supporters to 'lose faith'

Mark Avery does not look like a man who spreads anything too thinly when it comes to his breakfast – but many of his own supporters are...

Jun 26, 2020

Gamekeepers act quickly to stop a wildfire on Peak District's Woodhead Moor

At 6.30pm last night, two gamekeepers saw smoke coming off the edge of the Woodhead Moor. They quickly sent out a fire alert to the fire...

Jun 25, 2020

Debunking the lies trotted out by Chris Packham and Mark Avery's agenda driven campaign against us

The debate on driven grouse shooting is nothing new; however in recent years accusations from our opponents have become far more toxic,...

Jun 22, 2020

Reports emerge of nine Hen Harriers predated by a fox on RSPB’s Bowland reserve

Reports have been emerging over the weekend that nine Hen Harriers, including seven newly fledged chicks, have been predated by a fox on...

Jun 22, 2020

2020 looks set to be a successful year for Hen Harriers

Hen Harriers are beautiful birds and prized above all other birds of prey; all other species for that matter. The male is a stunning...

Jun 11, 2020

The importance of working together

Many of you will know of Mark Avery; indeed, his name has cropped up on here before. As one of the three directors of the Wild Justice...

Jun 3, 2020

Wild Justice working with law firm that represented ‘murderous Shia militias’ in Iraq

Mark Avery, Chris Packham and Ruth Tingay’s Wild Justice working with law firm that represented ‘murderous Shia militias’ to pursue cases...

Jun 2, 2020

What's to be done about wildlife licensing in England?

Eagle mobbed by crows in Hemsley. Image: David Dixon Ever since Natural England were last year forced to revoke three General Licences...

May 31, 2020

Peak District inferno brought under control

Tragedy was averted yesterday after gamekeepers brought under a control a wildfire that threatened to cause untold damage, and risked the...

May 29, 2020

The dangers of wildfires – and how moorland management helps prevent them

The last month has seen an almost constant stream of news about wildfires taking hold of large areas of countryside. Many of them have...

May 23, 2020

Birds of prey are doing "incredibly well" in Britain, says leading naturalist

On this morning's BBC Radio 4 Today programme, leading naturalist Stephen Moss presented the week's 'Nature Notes' with presenter Justin...

May 19, 2020

Masked extremists attack Peak District farm and threaten employees

An extremist saboteur group have launched continuous attacks on a farm in Moscar, in the Peak District, over the lockdown period, causing...

May 19, 2020

The UK's raptor population is booming

The UK’s bird of prey population is now well above the 250,000 mark for the first time in over 100 years. This is a huge testament to the...

May 18, 2020

Northern Pennines Moorland Group distribute PPE to local NHS trusts

In a bid to help our healthcare professionals, gamekeepers and moorland managers from across the Northern Pennines have joined forces to...

May 14, 2020

RSPB failures lead to endangered birds burning to death

Since lockdown began wildfires have been spreading across the UK’s uplands causing untold damage to endangered birdlife, as well as...

May 13, 2020

Former League Against Cruel Sports Director despairs at ‘wildlife groups’ ignorance

Jim Barrington, a former Executive Director of the League Against Cruel Sports and now Animal Welfare Consultant at the Countryside...

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