UK Parliament submissions on pesticides

[Black Comb]

I've only just caught up with this thread.
John, if you value nature in general and bees in particular, you should not even have to think about your reply to SSE, the answer is no.
IMO your proposed sale to the council is a get out to make you feel better about the whole thing.
Fight it man, it's something positive you can do for pollinators.

[Johnthefarmer]

I've only just caught up with this thread.
John, if you value nature in general and bees in particular, you should not even have to think about your reply to SSE, the answer is no.
IMO your proposed sale to the council is a get out to make you feel better about the whole thing.
Fight it man, it's something positive you can do for pollinators.

Yes, I agree that I should defend this important Great Yellow Bumblebee habitat. It is also one of the most recent areas where Artic Terns have bred successfully--but they haven't done that anywhere for several years.

The numerous ecologocical surveys certainly should pick up the GYB connection, but haven't done so yet, as far as I know. We do have a bumble expert, John Crossland, resident here, and I know he is fully aware of the special nature of this land as a rare pocket of GYB populations. I will speak with him.

[Jon]

The RSPB have various projects on Orkney as well. I listened to a programme yesterday evening on Radio 4 about hen harriers on Orkney.
The RSPB guy said that numbers had been hammered by overgrazing by sheep affecting the habitat of their prey but they are now recovering strongly with 115 chicks raised this year from 102 breeding females.

[Johnthefarmer]

The RSPB have various projects on Orkney as well. I listened to a programme yesterday evening on Radio 4 about hen harriers on Orkney.
The RSPB guy said that numbers had been hammered by overgrazing by sheep affecting the habitat of their prey but they are now recovering strongly with 115 chicks raised this year from 102 breeding females.

Yes,and my daughter was 'the corncrake wife' this summer making sure us farmers don't mow them all away.

[greengumbo]

The RSPB have various projects on Orkney as well. I listened to a programme yesterday evening on Radio 4 about hen harriers on Orkney.
The RSPB guy said that numbers had been hammered by overgrazing by sheep affecting the habitat of their prey but they are now recovering strongly with 115 chicks raised this year from 102 breeding females.

That is fantastic and just shows what a traversty it is compared to on the mainland upland moors where they raised absolutely sod all young. Hmmmm I wonder why.

Charlie, Wills and Harrys pals on the grouse estates.