Author Topic: A random thread for the wildlife stuff - you know the drill  (Read 133942 times)


Re: A random thread for the wildlife stuff - you know the drill
« Reply #826 on: 22 March, 2024, 08:04:12 am »
Good News/Bad News.
The shooting estates have had decades of warning to clean up their industry with little effect.
The sooner the law is enforced and estates start fearing for their licenses the better.
Faint hope of it happening in England.

What is never mentioned about heather burning is the devastation it causes to overwintering reptiles - all on the protected list.
It is illegal to disturb an adder's hibernaculum, but apparently not to incinerate them.