| New Biodiversity Action Plans
I'm going to start this by talking about birds but feel free continue with other aspects of the BAP that interest you...
I read the new priority lists with interest, considerably more birds species and an interesting decision to drop down to specific races of the birds in question......
so is this positive allowing protection and targets to be tied to specific races
or negative in scaring people off who would otherwise submit records but who aren't confident in identifying the modularis race of the dunnock...
I'm somewhere in between, I like the increased number of species listed (although I recognise this as being a lot of extra work )- it gives me a stronger base to get various species considered properly with regard to development ..... However, there's no way I'd be able to separate british Larus argentatus argentatus from wintering Scandinavian ones - there's probably not that many people in the country who can confidently!!!
It seems part of the reasoning is to allow greater protection of uk races of birds - but that didn't seem to bother the likes of the RSPB, Natural England etc when it comes to red kites or sea eagles..........
also with plants 14 species of hawkweed with no english names - am I the only one who shudders at this?  |