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Bog complaint goes to Europe
<strong>RSPB submits complaint to the European Commission</strong>
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The RSPB has submitted a formal complaint to the European Commission over Natural England?s dealings with a West Yorkshire grouse shooting estate.
The bird charity says it believes that environmental protection legislation has been contravened at the Walshaw Moor estate, regarding a protected area of blanket bog.
Natural England announced in March that it was dropping all legal proceedings against the estate, after both parties agreed a new management regime.
RSPB chief executive Mike Clarke said: ?Natural England has dropped its prosecution without giving an adequate explanation and without securingrestoration of this habitat. It has also entered into a management arrangement which has fundamental flaws.
The rest of this article appears in the 24th October issue of Shooting Times.
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