UK Conservation Debates - Page 3

Although carrier bags aren’t as much of an issue on our beaches as some of the smaller plastic items, they are still an obvious problem.

The increase of grey squirrels has drastically decreased our native red squirrel numbers in England to the point where there are only a few small pockets of red squirrels remaining

Bracken is allelopathic; releases chemicals that inhibit both the growth of other plants as well as mycorrhizal development. It also harbours sheep ticks and being a dog and cat owner, I have a poor relationship with these arachnids.

Due to the nature in which they are caught (long line and trawls), close to 100million sharks are caught as by-catch annually and thrown back as waste.

Public response is another; it’s not always positive because beavers are rodents and therefore rank quite low on the public popularity scale.

I could put this point forward to big businesses and funding councils but the fact of the matter is that there just isn’t enough public support.

To bird box, or not to bird box? That is the question. And a simple question you may think. What is wrong with fitting bird boxes/nest boxes over the seven acres of woodland around my house?