Pigeon Shredder. Posted December 1, 2017 Report Share Posted December 1, 2017 This morning l see that 600k of trees are to be planted on Doddington Moor in one of the biggest projects to date to help the Red Squirrels return into the wilds. Anyone local to that area who can throw more light on this amazing project. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matone Posted December 1, 2017 Report Share Posted December 1, 2017 Shame to plant them on heather moorland surely! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockySpears Posted December 1, 2017 Report Share Posted December 1, 2017 (edited) 39 minutes ago, Pigeon Shredder. said: trees are to be planted on Doddington Moor Have to say, destroying one habitat to provide a different habitat because it might get pretty, fluffy things that people will pay to come and see is a bit off to me. But the environmentalists will think it a great idea though. Sorry, not a good idea, IMHO. Nice walks too apparently: http://www.christophersomerville.co.uk/?p=250 http://www.doddingtonnorthforest.com/ RS Edited December 1, 2017 by RockySpears links Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panoma1 Posted December 1, 2017 Report Share Posted December 1, 2017 Upland heather moorland is rarer than tropical rainforest! Why would anyone destroy that to plant a forest? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mice! Posted December 1, 2017 Report Share Posted December 1, 2017 I would imagine there is already enough woodlands to suit red squirrels but there full of greys, a proper culling program to reduce them rather than loosing the moorland would surely be better? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellow Bear Posted December 1, 2017 Report Share Posted December 1, 2017 49 minutes ago, Mice! said: I would imagine there is already enough woodlands to suit red squirrels but there full of greys, a proper culling program to reduce them rather than loosing the moorland would surely be better? Ahh but we are talking fluffy bunny tree huggers now - the way to save their pet species/habitat is to say to hell with any other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mice! Posted December 1, 2017 Report Share Posted December 1, 2017 Your right Yellow bear but no good making a habitat for reds if your just going to let greys wander around unchecked. 12 minutes ago, Yellow Bear said: Ahh but we are talking fluffy bunny tree huggers now - the way to save their pet species/habitat is to say to hell with any other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellow Bear Posted December 1, 2017 Report Share Posted December 1, 2017 1 hour ago, Mice! said: Your right Yellow bear but no good making a habitat for reds if your just going to let greys wander around unchecked. Exactly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clakk Posted December 2, 2017 Report Share Posted December 2, 2017 One of my permissions was turned into a Jubilee woods <dogs on a lead/no cycling /no breathing /locked from evening till next day>So nothing for dog walkers after before work ,no evening strolls no bike rides with the kids BUT this is in the heart of the national forest where we already have had a million trees planted so a worthwhile removal of open fields to closed woodland for the enviroloons to guard NOT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matone Posted December 2, 2017 Report Share Posted December 2, 2017 Given all the woodland in Northumberland this will make little difference I would think,sounds like a good cover story for someone/org to achieve their aims.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TriBsa Posted December 2, 2017 Report Share Posted December 2, 2017 Meanwhile in the real world natural habitat and good farmland is being swallowed at an alarming rate to feed an ever growing population. A population growth that has been imposed upon us. But that is taboo for the BBC with it's globalist agenda to report. So instead we get heartwarming stories about fluffy red squirrels plus nature and farming programs with wide panoramic views of the countryside that are careful not to show the blights of encroaching urbanisation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matone Posted December 2, 2017 Report Share Posted December 2, 2017 Very true,and most of the housing is built to satisfy the egos of the `detached property` brigade! Tiny boxes ,no bigger than a small terraced house but they are `detached`. Very wasteful use of a commodity which is finite ....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12gauge82 Posted December 2, 2017 Report Share Posted December 2, 2017 8 hours ago, matone said: Very true,and most of the housing is built to satisfy the egos of the `detached property` brigade! Tiny boxes ,no bigger than a small terraced house but they are `detached`. Very wasteful use of a commodity which is finite ....... I'm not sure I follow? If they're tiny detached house's, surely they take up less space so more people can live in a smaller area therfore by your reasoning "better" than an older house's that takes up more land per person? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matone Posted December 3, 2017 Report Share Posted December 3, 2017 (edited) Terraced /conjoined housing would require much less space ! We could be building far more housing on brownfield sites too ,how many acres of empty derelict wilderness are there in most conurbations ???/ Edited December 3, 2017 by matone addition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12gauge82 Posted December 3, 2017 Report Share Posted December 3, 2017 Ahhh got what you mean now, the old brain was ticking over a little slow last night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man Posted December 4, 2017 Report Share Posted December 4, 2017 On 01/12/2017 at 11:48, Mice! said: I would imagine there is already enough woodlands to suit red squirrels but there full of greys, a proper culling program to reduce them rather than loosing the moorland would surely be better? Could likely be the correct answer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mice! Posted December 4, 2017 Report Share Posted December 4, 2017 basc looking for volunteers in wales Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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