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It’s sad to read the high court ruling yesterday. In upholding the UK governments right to issue supplementary cull licences they are potential exposing badgers in England to indefinite legal persecution. - This is despite bovine TB increasing in cull zones where 19,274 badgers were shot and killed at the estimated cost of £47m to the tax payer in 2017. - Further still it only cost @thewildlifetrusts £82 to vaccinate each badger in 2015. Even after accounting for inflation, it would only cost £1.6 million to vaccinate the same number of badgers with an effective vaccination. - I haven’t even touched upon the research that found only 1.6% of the badger population surveyed was found to be able to pass on bTB or that bTB has been shown to increase in cull zones. - At a time when the UK government is reintroducing beavers, banning pesticides that harm bees and banning the sale of Ivory their approach to bTB and badgers is archaic. - #stopthecull #badgers #vaccination #archaic #sunset #nature #naturelovers #photography #conservation #scotland #scotnature #followme #photooftheday
Kittiwakes squabble for nesting space in the red sandstone ruins of a 16th century castle in Dunbar harbour. - Probably the most under appreciated of our seabirds is also the most under threat as its population stands at roughly 30% of what it was in 1986. - With increasing sea temperatures the Kittiwakes and many seabirds main food source sand eels are decreasing in number and getting smaller. Kittiwakes likely suffer the most from this because as shags and the auk family dive below the surface to chase their prey Kittiwakes remain on the surface to fish. As the rest of the seabirds catch more of a decreasing population of sand eels for themselves there is even less available to a Kittiwake. - #Kittiwake #seabird #scotland #dunbar #castle #wild #wildlife #nature #naturelovers #photography #conservation #scotnature #scottishnaturalheritage #followme #photooftheday
A little dipper drying off in the bright morning sun. - #dipper #songbird #sunrise #scotland #rspb #rspb_love_nature #scotland #scotnature #scottishnaturalheritage #videooftheday #followme
A red squirrel nibbles a hazelnut against the back drop of blooming heather. - Excitingly, we will soon be moving home. Further North to an area surrounded by native woodland which is home to pine martens, a few capercaillie and red squirrels! Hopefully we’ll be able to build a rapport with my local squirrels there and create some unique and interesting images which do them justice. - #buzzing #movingon #redsquirrel #headingnorth #cairngorms #scotland #native #nature #wild #wildlife #photography #photooftheday #followme #scotnature #scottishnaturalheritage

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