February

Defra have announced that six general licences have been reissued for the control of wild birds. The licences have been reissued on a temporary basis ahead of new licences coming into force on 1 August 2020.

We received an email from Defra regarding General Licences in England and they have asked us to share it with our members and supporters.

Elizabeth shares her love of the outdoors, Greta Thunberg and a good woodland walk

On 3 February Wild Justice – the campaign group founded by Chris Packham, Mark Avery and Ruth Tingay – escalated their challenge of the use of General Licences in Wales. The group instructed its solicitors to write to Natural Resources Wales (NRW), claiming that “the 2020 Replacement Licences are in effect licences to cull without limit” and that the licences are unlawful.