July

Lesley Griffiths’ statement on the recent episode of BBC Countryfile that she would revisit the ban on snares in Wales, if curlew numbers continued to decline, leaves a glimmer of hope for the species. However, the fact remains that in refusing to accept the amendment to the Agriculture Bill, which would have permitted the use of HCRs under licence, the Welsh Government has put the survival of the curlew and other ground nesting species in doubt.