Packham is under attack for suggesting that deer should be culled to protect ground nesting birds. It's always about protecting birds.
Would he ever suggest culling birds to protect fish? Double standards.

It's all about the birds. Fish are just bird food for these groups.

According to The Guardian newspaper, the Norfolk Wildlife Trust are to spend £500,000 on a "bio-manipulation " project to try to clean the water on Ranworth and Barton Broads. The plan is to remove some of the roach and bream in hope that zooplankton will proliferate and eat the algae that is making...

That is a fantastic achievement Danny. Could you share any of your experience or photos in Pikelines?
I am guessing that you are the first angler ever to catch every type of pike.

There was some more 'selective reporting' from the BBC yesterday. Paul Martin was at a small trout fishery doing a piece about otters. He stated that 'otters don't just eat fish, they also eat small mammals.' No mention of the fact that otters kill and eat birds, especially if they do not have enoug...

Natural England have announced that there will now be a review of the General Licence.
There may be an unexpected opportunity to try to get inland cormorants added to the Licence.
I hope the Angling Trust are ready.

Update Chris Packham and Wild Justice have been partially successful in doing away with the General Licence. Natural England have revoked some parts of the licence, meaning that it is now illegal to kill certain birds unless an individual license is applied for and granted. Birds such as wood pigeon...

Not much known about them it would seem, 'discovered', in 2014 . They spawn a month earlier than Northern Pike apparently. Would suggest that anything that works for Northern Pike would work for Aquitanian.
Most other types of pike are pictured on page 82 of 'Pike and the Pike Angler' by Fred Buller'.

Some of you may have seen this story in the media. An 11kg catfish has been eating birds at the Intu Lakeside shopping complex in Essex. A fisheries officer for the Environment Agency said, 'its not great for kids to see large fish eating ducks', and that the catfish posed a 'serious threat to our n...

I read today that the group called 'Wild Justice', set up by Chris Packham and friends, are seeking a judicial review to challenge Natural England's 'general licence', on the grounds that it is unlawful under British and EU wildlife laws. If Wild Justice is successful, Natural England would be force...