LOBBY YOUR MP AND THE AUDIT COMMITTEE FOR CHANGE. MILLIONS BEING WASTED ON PEREGRINE FALCONS THAT ARE A COMMON BIRD SO SHOULD NOT BE ON A LIST OF ENDANGERED SPECIES. AS WHY DEFRA SPENT 15 YEARS FUNDING NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY TO DO GENETIC PROFILING OF BIRDS OF PREY THAT DOES NOT WORK.
THE RSPB MUST STOP STATING THAT SUCH A COMMON BIRD AS PEREGRINE FALCONS IS STILL RARE.
Thank you for your letter of 19th May 2005 which has been passed to me. Any
releases of peregrine falcons would have to be in accordance with the
provisions of the current legislation: the Wildlife & Countryside Act 1981
as amended (WCA). Section 14 of that Act (as amended) is particularly
relevant to your proposal, but other aspects of the law may also be
relevant. It would be an offence to release a peregrine falcon that was of
a kind that is not ordinarily resident in or a regular visitor to Great
Britain in a wild state, or is a hybrid (Scottish legislation). The Nature
Conservation Scotland Act 2004, which amends the WCA in Scotland, states
that guidance is available from the Scottish Ministers on non-native
species, which includes hybrids. For interpretation of the law, I would
advise that you to contact the Scottish Executive, DEFRA or the Welsh
Assembly, depending on the relevant country to your proposed release area.
I am unable to give any more specific advice on interpretation of the legal
context.
We would not currently favour the release of peregrine falcons from captive
breeding programmes as such releases would not meet the IUCN Guidelines for
Re-introductions (www.iucn.org/themes/ssc/pubs/policy/reinte.htm), to which
the UK government, its advisors and the wider conservation sector adhere.
In particular, but not exclusively, few suitable release areas exist that
are not already occupied by wild peregrine falcons, and the wild population
is still increasing (10% since 1991) and has recovered to over 60% higher
than it was in the 1930s (before the population crash). A poorly planned
release may be detrimental to any local population of birds in a number of
ways. I would advise you to review your proposals under the IUCN
guidelines.
Depending on where you are considering releases, I would advise you to
contact the relevant conservation agency (Scottish Natural Heritage, English
Nature, or the Countryside Council for Wales) for further guidance.
Yours sincerely
David Stroud
David A. Stroud
Senior Ornithologist
UK Joint Nature Conservation Committee
Monkstone House, City Road
Peterborough PE1 1JY
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0)1733
watchdog@bbc.co.uk.
Dear Watchdog
BBC Watchdog, 201 Wood Lane, London W12 7TS
would you like to do a follow up programme on Mark Robb about DEFRA conspiring to pervert the course of justice, as it is still going on and they are victimising mark Robb. Please read below.
The crimes of the RSPB and Animal Health go back many years. See below.
The Watchdog programme and setting Sweetman up by DofE and the RSPB.
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