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  Call for grouse shooting to be licensed amid rise in bird of prey deaths

  

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  Labour seeks review after police and RSPB link sharp rise in killings to hunting seasonLabour has called for grouse shooting to be licensed after a big increase in illegal killings of birds of prey during the coronavirus lockdown, the majority of which, investigators say, are linked to the sport.As the grouse shooting season, known as the Glorious 12th, officially began on Wednesday, the shadow environment secretary, Luke Pollard, called for a review of how shoots operate. Continue reading...

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  Wild lynx could be reintroduced into Scottish Highlands

  

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  'The worst of human nature': UK staycationers' trail of destruction

  

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  Countryside and coastal custodians lament ‘different demographic’ of visitors leaving litter and endangering wildlifeFires caused by...

  Countryside and coastal custodians lament ‘different demographic’ of visitors leaving litter and endangering wildlifeFires caused by portable barbecues, wild flowers being dug up, the disturbance of shorebirds, and an avalanche of rubbish. These are just some of the threats to Britain’s wild places as record numbers enjoy coastal and countryside “staycations”.Beleaguered rangers complain that a new generation of holidaymakers are treating the countryside like...

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  Wildlife returning to Yorkshire moorland a year after blaze

  

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  National Trust hopes there were more survivors from Marsden fire than was fearedShort-eared owls, curlews and...

  National Trust hopes there were more survivors from Marsden fire than was fearedShort-eared owls, curlews and mountain hares have returned to Yorkshire moorland that was devastated by fire a year ago, the National Trust has said.Rangers feared whole populations of rare animals were wiped out when about 700 hectares (1,730 acres) of peatland habitat on Marsden Moor in West Yorkshire were scorched in April...

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