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Bob Berzins

4 years

As yet another buzzard is found poisoned - Read the New Novel "Snared" a compelling account of the fight against wildlife crime and cruelty.

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Bob Berzins

@BerzinsBob

2 years

🔥 Burning Ban 🔥 @NaturalEngland confirm Enforcement Action against Fitzwilliam Wentworth Estate (Bradfield Moors) for unlawful burning of Blanket Bog due to "severity of burning offences and their environmental impact". Thread

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@BerzinsBob

1 year

A lot of anger from #Sheffield residents about appalling moorland burning right next to @WildSheffield nature reserve. Suburbs of Crosspool, Hillsborough and more full of health damaging smoke.

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Bob Berzins

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2 years

Stoat with crushed spine in a Tully trap on grouse moor Strines #peakdistrict . Stoats are predators and part of a healthy ecosystem. But in shooting areas they are exterminated. #biodiversity needed 💚

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Bob Berzins

@BerzinsBob

1 year

Empty shooting moors today on #Inglorious12th north east Peak District. Very few grouse Last dying breath of a cruel & barbaric activity?

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Bob Berzins

@BerzinsBob

2 years

❗The Environmental Disaster that is Grouse Moor Mgmt ❗ Planning Inspector ruled this plastic track at Midhope should be removed. Apparently Peak Park set a deadline of 8th Nov. The track is still there.

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Bob Berzins

@BerzinsBob

1 year

❗On a grouse estate #peakdistrict This stoat had abdomen crushed in a Tully trap and twisted round to try to free itself. ❌ Not the claimed instant kill - the stoat will have died in agony. DEFRA needs to ban these traps #Inhumane

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Bob Berzins

@BerzinsBob

1 year

❗Burning today Broomhead Moor #SHEFFIELD despite this week's publicity Smoke collecting in Loxley Valley and Sheffield #Pollution

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Bob Berzins

@BerzinsBob

2 years

You'll hear lots from Shooting Organisations about how they only ever do "Cool Burns" leaving moss and stems intact and undamaged. This is the reality from Moscar this week - total incineration and burnt Sphagnum.

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Bob Berzins

@BerzinsBob

4 years

Following C4PMC online personal attack yesterday I've been subject to online threats and physical intimidation from Derbyshire gamekeeper. Reported to @DerbyshireRCT and @PeakChief No wonder communities live in fear of speaking out against shooting. RT

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Bob Berzins

@BerzinsBob

2 years

Appalling amount of burning on #peakdistrict Grouse Shooting moors today.

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Bob Berzins

@BerzinsBob

1 year

Moorland burning begins in #peakdistrict ❌ harmful smoke and PM2.5 particulates blowing straight into urban areas of #Sheffield

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Bob Berzins

@BerzinsBob

4 years

❌ Systematic online abuse and intimidation against me continues with Criminal Damage to my car. 🚩 Police investigations ongoing. This is organised crime. ❌Peak Shooting Community are vicious thugs and time everyone realised this

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Bob Berzins

@BerzinsBob

2 years

🔥 Continuous Burning 🔥 Last 2 weeks on the edge of #Sheffield #peakdistrict More fires at Strines today with smoke choking local communities ❌

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Bob Berzins

@BerzinsBob

1 year

❗How to complain about Monday's burning near #Sheffield Some info: Approx 40 burns within Sheff boundary at New Hagg nr Redmires, Moscar Estate S Yorks From SK 26288 86792 To SK 25700 86775 On 9/10/23 from 10.00am Write to ProtectedSites @naturalengland .org.uk Thread

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Bob Berzins

@BerzinsBob

3 years

@RaptorPersScot @ChrisGPackham @WildJustice_org @ScotRaptorStudy @IoloWilliams2 @Ian_M_Thomson @MairiGougeon @natalieben @argatyredkites @RareBirdAlertUK @Team4Nature Plenty of examples from this autumn's burning of total incineration. Drying underlying peat which then releases CO2 and promotes just heather to grow back. Smoke particulates pollute the air with associated health risks.

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Bob Berzins

@BerzinsBob

11 months

Sheffield Council leader calls for ban on Moorland Burning. Great stuff now how about making sure we get a smoke abatement notice for shooting estates involved in October's major air pollution incident? @SheffCouncil @SheffieldGreens

Sheffield City Council leader calls for Moorland burning ban

The leader of Sheffield City Council, Cllr Tom Hunt, has written to the Secretary of State for the Environment calling for moorland burning to be banned.

www.youtube.com

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Bob Berzins

@BerzinsBob

2 years

Lots of heather burning on #peakdistrict Grouse Shooting moors today. ❌ Appalling smoke pollution in Bradfield Village #bantheburn

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Bob Berzins

@BerzinsBob

2 years

❗🔥 #Sheffield air pollution spike following Sat 8th Oct Heather Burning at Strines & Broomhead with peak of PM2.5 particulates down the road in Hillsborough. Time for a complete ban on burning and a ban on Driven Grouse Shooting.

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Bob Berzins

@BerzinsBob

2 years

The Estate gets £150,000 pa in taxpayer funded subsidies - mainly for conservation. What we get is Environmental Damage What we deserve is our money back Details of funding see:

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Bob Berzins

@BerzinsBob

4 years

Inglorious 12th North East Peak. Most heavily managed moors and no shooting - no grouse. @MoorlandMonitor @huntwatchuk @MarkAvery @RuthTingay @natalieben

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Bob Berzins

@BerzinsBob

3 years

Please sign and share this petition. Appalling slaughter of whales and dolphins in Faroes has to stop.

dominic dyer

@domdyer70

3 years

My Government petition calling for suspension Free Trade Agreement with the Faroe Islands to stop the barbaric slaughter of whales & dolphins in now live. Please sign & share @ChrisGPackham @DeborahMeaden @PeterEgan6 @Seasaver @seashepherd #FaroeIslands

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Bob Berzins

@BerzinsBob

2 years

@RaptorPersScot @peakdistrict @PeakDistrictNT @ZacGoldsmith @N_E_R_F @M1kePrice @natalieben @ChrisGPackham @MarkAvery @HHDayUK @IoloWilliams2 @RuthTingay @birdman1066 And add this missing Hen Harrier Time for @PeakDistrictNT to ban Grouse shooting on its land. And time @peakdistrict stopped making excuses for the shooters. Bird of prey initiative - what a joke.

Another satellite-tagged hen harrier ‘disappears’ in Peak District National Park

Here we go again. YET ANOTHER satellite-tagged hen harrier has ‘disappeared’ in suspicious circumstances, this time in the Peak District National Park. The unnamed harrier hatched in 20…

raptorpersecutionuk.org

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Bob Berzins

@BerzinsBob

3 years

Honoured to give a speech at Moscar stop grouse shooting rally with Unite Community, Labour and Greens. #Inglorious12th

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Bob Berzins

@BerzinsBob

5 years

Red Grouse on my local shooting moor. See how beautiful they are close up. Stop the slaughter. #bandgs

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Bob Berzins

@BerzinsBob

1 year

Appalling response from the DEFRA Secretary of State @WildJustice_org @MarkAvery

Olivia Blake MP

@_OliviaBlake

1 year

Last week my constituency was covered in a blanket of smoke, spiking air quality to 4 times the legal limit. The smoke was caused by heather burning on the moors. Instead of banning this burning, the Minister told me we should be "grateful" for the air quality we have.

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Bob Berzins

@BerzinsBob

3 years

This is what happens on freshly burnt moorland. Poor water quality and increased flood risk. Support @WildJustice_org legal action for a complete ban on moorland burning.

Moors for the Future

@moorsforfuture

3 years

A demonstration of what happens when rain 🌧 falls on bare peat vs falls on sphagnum (we used bottled rainwater for the experiment). Our website has more info about the benefits of planting sphagnum for water quality: #SphagnumMonday

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Bob Berzins

@BerzinsBob

1 year

The clear loud voice of a lot of people who want: ▪️Clean air ▪️Clean water ▪️Flood protection ▪️Carbon sequestration ▪️Biodiversity in habitat & wildlife ❌ Not Driven Grouse Shooting

Reclaim Our Moors Walk, 13th August 2023 - Hen Harrier Day

More than 70 campaigners attended the Reclaim Our Moors protest walk from Redmires Reservoir near Sheffield on Sunday 13th August. The walk took a path

www.henharrierday.uk

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Bob Berzins

@BerzinsBob

4 years

A beautiful Mountain Hare in the Peak District. They have no protection in England and are killed on grouse moors. Support #HenHarrierDay @ShefEnvironment @WildSheffield @TimBirchWild @natalieben @HHDayUK

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Bob Berzins

@BerzinsBob

4 years

I'll be speaking at Sheff Green Party about grouse shooting and what led me to write Snared. Mon 1st Feb 7.00pm. OPEN TO ALL. This is the talk Shooters don't want you to see. Join via Passcode SGPFeb Meeting ID 979 1641 7872

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Bob Berzins

@BerzinsBob

3 years

6 years of campaigning from a lot of people and a clear view from Peak Park to protect our moors from shooting tracks has finally led to the right decision. Don't forget we the taxpayers funded this debacle - How about a tax rebate from the Govt?

Mark Avery

@MarkAvery

3 years

A victory in the Peak District @peakdistrict @PeakChief @PeakDistrictNT @BerzinsBob @DerbysWildlife @WildSheffield @SheffieldGreens @HighPeakLive @MoorlandAssoc @NaturalEngland

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Bob Berzins

@BerzinsBob

1 year

🔥Moorland burning continues within the city of #Sheffield - here at Moscar Oct 2022 damaging Habit & Biodiversity, increasing Flood risk & Air Pollution. 🟥 Join Reclaim Our Moors walk from Redmires Plantation Car Park 11am Sunday 13th August 2023

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Bob Berzins

@BerzinsBob

2 years

More moorland burning at Moscar and Strines today with smoke blowing into densely populated areas of Sheffield. Any one else see this?

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@BerzinsBob

2 years

The beauty of #peakdistrict National Park desecrated by another massive plume of smoke heading straight down to Bradfield Village #bantheburn

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Bob Berzins

@BerzinsBob

2 years

Many people reported yesterday's burning in #peakdistrict . This is the view over Moscar Moor and the wind is blowing the smoke over and down into #HopeValley Time to #bantheburn

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@BerzinsBob

1 year

Heather burning on Mossy Lea immediately above #Glossop this afternoon. Very strong winds and smoke settling on built up area about 1km away. #bantheburn

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Bob Berzins

@BerzinsBob

1 year

@DavidMitchdg It's not right. And it's clearly "Unnecessary Suffering" of both the call bird and capture bird - deserves a test case under Animal Welfare Act - so these vile traps are banned

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Bob Berzins

@BerzinsBob

2 years

Ever since the Peak Malpractice reports 2006/2007 highlighting wildlife crime- Peak Park officials and members (the decision makers) have held secret meetings with shooting reps. No action from @peakdistrict to stop raptor crime. Coincidence? @PeakChief @peak_chair

Raptor Persecution UK

@RaptorPersUK

2 years

Peak District National Park - who is it for & who runs it? Guest blog by @BerzinsBob Looks like more transparency required about secret mtgs between @peakdistrict Park Authority & grouse moor owners. Blog ⬇️ #peakdistrict #Derbyshire @_OliviaBlake

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@BerzinsBob

2 years

❌ Disgusting Stink Pit Bin with dead Fox at historic Snare site on access land at Grouse Moor Strines Peak District ⁉️ Is this what our National Parks are for

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@BerzinsBob

2 years

More heather burning at Strines today. Smoke going straight down to Sheffield suburb of Hillsborough.

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@BerzinsBob

1 year

@NaturalEngland Sphagnum moss is essential for healthy moors but it was burnt at SK26004 86660 Another breach of the mgmt plan

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Bob Berzins

@BerzinsBob

4 years

We are paying landowners to keep us out. Woodland funded by DEFRA Rural Development Programme. PRIVATE. #RightToRoam @nickhayesillus1 @guyshrubsole @MoorlandMonitor

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Bob Berzins

@BerzinsBob

10 months

Seasons greetings from a wet and windy Kinder Scout #peakdistrict

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Bob Berzins

@BerzinsBob

2 years

Great run around Kinder plateau today for friend Andy's 75th birthday. Kinder River and Downfall frozen and lots of hare prints to follow. Brilliant views.

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Bob Berzins

@BerzinsBob

3 years

#TrailofLies Time the lies and fox hunting ended. Pls support and RT

Protect the Wild

@ProtectTheWild_

3 years

Who's taking part in our tweet storm at 6pm today? We're asking as many people as possible to help us get #trailoflies trending and to share our animation. We want 2022 to be the year that fox hunting ends for good.

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@BerzinsBob

2 years

Good blanket bog restoration at public owned Burbage with thriving Sphagnum plugs and mowed heather. Contrast with recently burnt Sphagnum at Moscar grouse moor - scene of devastation.

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@BerzinsBob

4 years

Hen Harriers Need Protecting ahead of (Inglorious) 12th #HenHarrierDay @HHDayUK Letter in Yorkshire Post

Hen Harriers need protecting ahead of ‘Glorious Twelfth’ – Yorkshire Post Letters

www.yorkshirepost.co.uk

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Bob Berzins

@BerzinsBob

1 year

@NaturalEngland @moorsforfuture The Heather & Grass burning regulations 2023 state "when burning you must not create smoke likely to damage human health" This air quality sensor shows 5x the legal limit of PM2.5

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Bob Berzins

@BerzinsBob

2 years

🔥🔥Burning now Moscar Estate 🔥🔥 Ash Cabin Flat area near Redmires. No end to this environmental destruction

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Bob Berzins

@BerzinsBob

3 years

❌ Unlawful DOC trap on Broomhead Estate ❌ Must have internal baffle (restriction) and within 10mm of plate - NONE 🚩 Reported to @syptweeet 🚩 Monitored despite ongoing harassment from gamekeepers 🚩 SYP tell me I'm "perfectly safe" at Broomhead ❌ #InhumaneTraps

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@BerzinsBob

4 years

Multiple burns on Broomhead Moor Peak District today. #BanTheBurn @MoorlandMonitor @MarkAvery @ShefEnvironment @LizBallard_SRWT

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@BerzinsBob

2 years

Defra Magic map shows this burn and around 50 more well inside Blanket Bog area where burning is illegal. Looks like Grouse Moor owners confident they will face no penalties.

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@BerzinsBob

2 years

❗This Fenn trap was found on Broomhead moor recently #peakdistrict ❌ Fenn traps are illegal where Stoats present So good job it wasn't set. Virtually any moorland bird or animal could enter this trap ❓ How many lethal Fenn traps have been left on Pennine Grouse Moors

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Bob Berzins

@BerzinsBob

1 year

Good result and let's hope this puts an end to the vile abuse that many activists and campaigners suffer.

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@BerzinsBob

5 years

Strines today. Among the flood debris that's a stoat killed in a Fenn trap - this will be illegal from 1st April. No sign of these traps being removed.

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Bob Berzins

@BerzinsBob

2 years

The Grouse shooting season lasts another month but this beautiful healthy bird on Kinder Scout knew he'd found a friend. Filmed on a phone the Grouse was right under my feet.

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Bob Berzins

@BerzinsBob

2 years

As another £1 million is announced for further moorland restoration precious Sphagnum Moss continues to be burnt in these areas.

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Bob Berzins

@BerzinsBob

3 years

🚩Almost every shooting estate in the Peak have removed access for the max 28 days allowed in May/June 🚩 Peak Park confirm rest of year inc Shooting Days these moors are OPEN ❌ Many people have been told to leave if they come across a shoot Thread

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@BerzinsBob

1 year

@RaptorPersUK @RSPBEngland @CPSUK @ChrisGPackham @IoloWilliams2 @Team4Nature @DerbysWildlife @TimBirchWild @MarkCocker2 @N_E_R_F @ReviveCoalition @natalieben @gill__lewis This is one of the burns at Midhope next to a gully of approx 1.5 metre peat depth. The burning is a blatant breach of the regulations and clearly within the deep peat layer on Magic Map (DEFRA)

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@BerzinsBob

1 year

Great display of bog asphodel (and cross leaved heath) at Emlin #peakdistrict

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Bob Berzins

@BerzinsBob

4 years

Red Kites are persecuted on grouse moors often by poisoning. We see them in the Peak District but never nest on the moors - Why? This is the true face if Nature Conservation here. #HenHarrierday @HHDayUK @natalieben @TimBirchWild @MoorlandMonitor @stoptheshoot

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Bob Berzins

@BerzinsBob

2 years

Nothing "apparent" about it. Regulations are being flouted and we are all paying the price of that. @MarkAvery

Burning ban failing to protect England’s peatlands, say conservation groups

Ministers urged to toughen law to help restore carbon sinks, as figures point to illegal burning

www.theguardian.com

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@BerzinsBob

2 years

This is what we can have on all moorland instead of damaging burning. Let's get a complete ban on moorland burning. @_OliviaBlake

RSPB Dove Stone

@RSPBDoveStone

2 years

Alongside the great many strategies that we use to reduce fire risks i.e. saturating peat soils, creating standing water and educating folks on risks of BBQs, heather cutting is also vital to create fire breaks and diversify sward @Natures_Voice #GreenRecovery #FireSafetyIsSexy

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1 year

🚩 Sheffield Festival of Debate ◾ Sheffield Quaker Meeting House & Online ◾Access, Rewilding, Food Production & Justice ◾ It's about time we rethought how our land is used - for the benefit of everyone @natalieben @LandEthics @Right_2Roam

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@BerzinsBob

1 year

@carey_davies The Alps are brilliant for flowers and the unspoilt feel - until you come across a ski piste and infrastructure which has ruined probably 75% of those mountains. And millions of people every year book those ski holidays.

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@BerzinsBob

2 years

❗Highly Embarrassing ❗ The Estate co-authored Peak Park report on moorland fire damage which puts the blame squarely on "visitors". NE confirmed burning on this Estate was "out of control"

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1 year

Disgraceful U turn from @UKLabour on Right to Roam. Nobbled by @CAupdates and @NFUtweets Just remember where your votes are coming from - you haven't won the election yet.

Labour U-turns on promise of Scottish-style right to roam in England

Exclusive: Party says it will find other ways to create more access to countryside after opposition from landowners

www.theguardian.com

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@BerzinsBob

2 years

Appalling use of poison on moorland owned by National Trust and leased to nearby Grouse Shooting estate #PeakDistrict About time @PeakDistrictNT banned all shooting on their land

Raptor Persecution UK

@RaptorPersUK

2 years

National Trust terminates another grouse shooting lease after more evidence of suspected wildlife crime in Peak District National Park. Well done, @PeakDistrictNT ! New blog ⬇️⬇️ #PeakDistrict

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@RaptorPersUK @DefraGovUK @ChrisGPackham @MarkAvery @N_E_R_F @IoloWilliams2 @natalieben @Nick_Miles_ @Team4Nature @MilesKing10 @gill__lewis Are these posts publicly advertised - be interesting to see who else was on the short list? If it's a case of jobs for mates is there an opportunity to challenge this. Anybody know Govt/Civil Service procedure that should have been followed?

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@BerzinsBob

4 years

My MP @_OliviaBlake has submitted a named day written question to ask Defra if Nat England make regular site visits to assess impact of Moorland Burning which restarts 1st Oct. @MarkAvery @MoorlandMonitor @stoptheshoot

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@BerzinsBob

1 year

@RTakver @olivercoppard Great thread thanks. Monday's burning at Moscar and at Strines Moor are both within Sheffield boundary. They are on peat soils less than 40cm deep so generally don't need a licence but may have left more than 0.5h of bare soil - I'll send a complaint to @NaturalEngland

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@BerzinsBob

4 years

Please share and spread the word about cruel and barbaric snares. Help the campaign for an outright ban.

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@BerzinsBob

2 years

An in depth look at the Royals and their shooting: Immunity from crime..., by @charliemoores

Royal Immunity from crime...

...and 'those' Sandringham Hen Harriers

offtheleash.substack.com

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@BerzinsBob

2 years

#peakdistrict Shameful criminal killing of protected Hen Harrier roosting on/near a grouse shooting moor. With a lot of effort to cover up the crime. National Park Authority continues to deny Grouse Moor owners responsible for this.

RSPB Birders

@RSPBbirders

2 years

BREAKING: Anu, a satellite-tagged Hen Harrier, went missing after roosting on a Peak District grouse moor. RSPB Investigators found the tag cut off and discarded nearly 10km away and fear the bird has been illegally killed. Read the blog here -

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4 years

Bleaklow Stones today with Ravens and Plovers #peakdistrict

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@BerzinsBob

1 year

4 years after Planning Inspector ruled the Strines track #peakdistrict be removed it stays in place. Big pile of stone at track start - for restoration or more illegal roads? Track badly eroded at start & edges collapsing higher up. Time it was gone.

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@BerzinsBob

1 year

@NaturalEngland authorise burning through the estate mgmt plan. But many of the burns were extremely intensive leaving no vegetation at all in a breach of mgmt plan. Intensity of burning resulted in so much smoke just 1 mile from suburb of Lodge Moor

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@BerzinsBob

1 year

Cut short my run on #KinderScout didn't fancy crossing the Ashop. The path up the valley was still tricky but at least I found a ripe Cloudberry - left it for the birds

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@BerzinsBob

1 year

Peaceful and empty moors at Near Bleaklow Stones #peakdistrict . Lot's of Hawkbit and a good year for Cowberry (as well as Bilberry)

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@BerzinsBob

4 years

Brilliant thriving blanket bog with red stems and tiny leaves of Cranberry growing above Sphagnum at Strines. Pity the estate dumped 1000+ tonnes across this to build a road and PDNPA have failed to implement removal a year after it should have gone. @MoorlandMonitor

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@BerzinsBob

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@adam_jb_long @domhall @WildSheffield @_OliviaBlake @GDRNorminton @SheffieldGreens @LizBallard_SRWT @NaturalEngland @LabourDefra @DefraGovUK @DouglasJSheff Hunters Bar particulates readings. UK legal limit is 20.

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2 years

The track leads to a line of shooting butts. Where the plastic has torn and sunk into the bog it's been replaced by logs which have sunk into the bog as well.

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1 year

@NaturalEngland Gamekeepers mowed a fire break round most of the burns. All the vegetation could have been mown. The burning was a choice not a necessity.

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@BerzinsBob

2 years

Recently the track has been used to facilitate burning on Hardern Moss. Photo shows peat depth of about 1.5m in a gully and fresh burn behind.

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@BerzinsBob

1 year

Good result for unlawful burning at Midhope but paltry fine. Link here Looks like the only penalty for this massive unlawful burn on blanket bog at Strines (photo) is installation of these Coir Rolls (to supposedly restore the damage?) - pathetic

RSPB England

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🚨Breaking: First successful prosecution of burning on deep peat in England. Midhope Moor estate in the Peak District this afternoon pleaded guilty to multiple breaches of the Heather and Grass Burning Regulations and fined £2,645. Full story …

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@RaptorPersUK @ChrisGPackham @MarkAvery @natalieben @ReviveCoalition @gill__lewis @IanCarter67 @N_E_R_F @RewildScotland @Team4Nature Sheffield along with many UK cities has introduced a Clean Air Zone. Yet there are plenty of days when 4 grouse moors are burning with all the smoke and PM 2.5 particulates drifting into densely populated areas a few miles away .How about that for social & health context?

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@BerzinsBob

3 years

Nice example of an undamaged wet flush on a grouse moor at Strines. After reading @calmandfearless Country Diary I wondered if this was Pennywort - but pointy leaves. Any ideas? There is sphagnum in there as well.

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4 years

Tully trap Moscar - used to kill Stoats. Wildlife had a couple of months respite after illegal Fenn traps were removed only to be replaced by these evil things. They cost about £65 and hopefully too expensive to litter the moors with thousands of them like they did before.

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@BerzinsBob

2 years

#peakdistrict Thundersnow up on Stanage so opted for the shelter of the trees in Lady Cannings. Then the sun came out properly ❄️☀️⚡

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Bob Berzins

@BerzinsBob

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We need the Peak District National Park Authority to add it's support to this campaign - for the benefit of local people and the environment @PeakChief @peak_chair

Sheffield & Rotherham Wildlife Trust

@WildSheffield

2 years

Together with @DerbysWildlife , we're calling for an end to moorland burning following a spate of recent fires:

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Bob Berzins

@BerzinsBob

4 years

Buzzards are shot and poisoned over the Peak District grouse moors. Support @MoorlandMonitor @MarkAvery @charliemoores

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Bob Berzins

@BerzinsBob

4 years

Bit nippy on Beeley moor today and a few flakes of snow. Happy Christmas to all!

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Bob Berzins

@BerzinsBob

5 years

@SheafVaHeritage @natalieben Peat moorland is 26% of Sheffield area. Huge carbon losses from publicly subsidised burning as confirmed by Committee for Climate Change report. Need a complete ban now.

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Bob Berzins

@BerzinsBob

1 year

Summit of Kinder Scout #peakdistrict Beautiful evening. Fantastic views.

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Bob Berzins

@BerzinsBob

5 years

Climate Change Committee calls for all upland burning to stop in 2020. This needs to happen now.

Moorland Monitors

@MoorlandMonitor

5 years

🔥CLIMATE CRISIS 🔥 As the planet screams for burning to stop, gamekeepers fan the blaze. History will not look back favourably on the mess of DGS. Preserve habitat, store carbon, reduce flooding and pollution: BAN THE BURN! @ZacGoldsmith @ShefEnvironment @HighPeakGreens @XRShef

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Bob Berzins

@BerzinsBob

2 years

Great trip out with @calmandfearless & John Beatty to see the High Peak Bergschrund. Infamous since one of @dpfellrunners fell into edge of it during night run. Photos below:

Country diary: The earth is still moving under our feet | Ed Douglas

Cowms Moor, Derbyshire: Sudden landslips, cracks that become crevices – this landscape isn’t as settled as you might think

www.theguardian.com

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Bob Berzins

@BerzinsBob

3 years

Shocking air pollution due to moorland burning. @SheffieldGreens @alisonclareteal @DouglasJSheff

Mickyg70

@mickyg70

3 years

Shocking smog over Loxley Valley Sheffield from moorland burning in Broomhead/Bradfield direction. So bad, I'm wondering if its out of control, never seen this bad Someone say climate emergency? @burningmoors @MoorlandMonitor @WildSheffield @TimBirchWild

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Bob Berzins

@BerzinsBob

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@defra claims suffering is prevented by the Animal Welfare Act and gamekeepers intervention The reality is these traps are only checked every few months International standards (AIHTS) are supposed to prevent this horrific death

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Bob Berzins

@BerzinsBob

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Beautiful day in upper Derwent on the search for obscure rock carvings This "TM" or "Little Man" ? on Horse Stone. Very weathered so difficult to age. Similar to other carvings along Derwent Edge and Crookstone Knoll. @beavo77 @paulbesleywrite

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