The information is out there its knowing where to look here are two good starting points http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/Special/sssi/search.cfm http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/
You don't agree with what exactly?
How can you trigger an alert -`before` something happens ???? surely - the event has to happen before people can alert each other to its happening ??
The same thing is happening up and down the country and has been for decades. It is well documented on loads of wildlife and even reptile sites and forums. It still doesn't stop it from happening though. They don't let us know when. You just turn up one day and find it.
And that CAN be changed.
I don't think you ever will but its making sure the mitigation work is done to try and lesson the damage done.But it isn't. The same as stopping the new high speed railway cutting down ancient forests and SSSI's. It isn't changing. Not when ££ and human developement come before conservation. You can slow it, but you can't stop it.
I don't think you ever will but its making sure the mitigation work is done to try and lesson the damage done.
Yes, I have seen animal lovers kills snakes before. (it was a grass snake but to them all snakes are bad.)
Steady up JD.It's true. You can see the utter disgust sometimes when I tell people what I do for a living. Some people have pity............. and I have to jump on Emma
The habitats are so finely balanced that when things are done with out any apparent thought that is when the problems occur. I can see the base thinking behind it but just not the right way of going about it. I was told right a the start of my Uni course you are about to be taught a subject that we do not know all the answers for. Habitat management appears to work better with the little and often approach.
Umm this is not true! many of their sites are SSSI and they have to maintain them in accordance to the rules set by Natural England and there is this as well http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/what-we-do/what-we-protect/nature-and-wildlife/ the argument will be lost with inaccurate information
Even burning an mowing can have devastating effect on invertebrates even when done in a controlled way Grazing is a method that can be fine tuned and produces a sward mosaic which is ideal especially for things like butterflies which are as fussy about habitat and food source as a Pander.you would think good practice would be standard practice. We have just got permission to use a woodland that is reclaimed forestry. Small sections of the planted spruce are felled , the wood processed and made best use of, and native trees planted in their place. The project has run for 15 years and I must say the woodland is outstandingly diverse. The little and often approach works. I have seen gorse been managed in the same way, where you wouldn't know it was been managed. Small gaps were felled into the large stands, what needed to be burnt was burnt. The gaps let other species have a chance, and promoted new growth, the burnt areas sprung new growth and some brillant fungi.
I am really horrified at what they have done. They really need to be held to account.
Even burning an mowing can have devastating effect on invertebrates even when done in a controlled way Grazing is a method that can be fine tuned and produces a sward mosaic which is ideal especially for things like butterflies which are as fussy about habitat and food source as a Pander.