Author Archives: Ian

Sandwell fishing policy- DELAYED

  Just a brief but rather disappointing update on this matter which I last looked at back in October. A consultation on fishing in Sandwell took place with a view to implementing a charges policy and clarity over which pools … Continue reading

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Trouble in Middle Earth- Bankrupt Birmingham’s bird flu hoax unravels

SO IT BEGINS……. This post serves as an update on this incompetently run authority which I last reported on back in August. The scene in most of their shit run and “managed” parks is one of debris in every lake, … Continue reading

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2024 goose calendar

  A slightly belated Happy New Year to you. Here’s a goose calendar to download or print off as you wish. These pictures are of birds seen around and about , very often single birds that are part of a … Continue reading

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Wildlife without a home- The scrooge Sandwell Plan

  Green space in Sandwell has been under threat for years. The population density of people remains the highest in all the local Black country boroughs, and well above the national average- it isn’t fair and the regions politicians of … Continue reading

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Sandwell Council Fishing consultation- the catch is in the enforcement

I’ll keep this one brief. This is your opportunity to tell the policy makers what you think of angling in Sandwell. Personally I don’t think much of it at all, except it consumes a great deal of my time, caused … Continue reading

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Angling for a change in direction

For some 25+ years now I have been raising and attempting to get the powers that be at Sandwell council to enforce and manage this recklessly practiced activity on Sandwell’s council owned pools. When trying to campaign you go through … Continue reading

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Avian flu origins #2. Bernard Matthew’s deathly drummers

INVESTIGATION AND OPINION THE UGLY , REALLY UGLY WORLD OF BERNARD MATTHEWS AND CO  I have previously outlined how “avian flu” (H5N1), entered this country by the trade in importing birds into the UK by pathetic individuals. A second case … Continue reading

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Bankrupt Birmingham’s botulism resurfaces

Birmingham City Council fail again.  Once again due to pathetic environmental management of its inner city parks, birds are dying on a lake “managed” by an authority which does not care about their fate. I have set out a long … Continue reading

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Avian flu origins #1- Bird slavers importing death

INVESTIGATION AND OPINION   H5N1 in the highly pathogenic avian variety first visited the UK in 2005, and wild birds did NOT bring it here. It came from imported birds from Taiwan and South America at a privately owned “quarantine … Continue reading

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The cost of feeding crisis

There is no doubt at the moment that supermarkets are ripping off the public by their overnight price hikes in food. This is not just limited to human food, but animal food as well, and for those that feed wildlife … Continue reading

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