Collecting ‘gourmet’ eggs from black-headed gulls should be banned, says RSPB

Collecting ‘gourmet’ eggs from black-headed gulls should be banned, says RSPB

Licences have been issued for more than 160,000 eggs to be taken from black-headed gull nests since 2019, government data shows, as conservationists call for the eggs to be “taken off all menus”. Each spring, thousands of eggs are collected from the amber-listed seabird’s nests and sold under licences issued by the government’s wildlife watchdog, […]

Read More

Watch – Developers slammed after setting ‘death traps’ for birds using netting to stop them nesting

Watch – Developers slammed after setting ‘death traps’ for birds using netting to stop them nesting

“The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) has criticised the move as well as local residents who have branded the practice “cruel” and unnecessary”. Housing developers have been blasted by conservationists for setting “death traps” for wildlife after wrapping bushes in plastic NETS to stop birds from nesting. The large green plastic netting […]

Read More