SNH issues licences to kill Swift & Robins

I couldn't believe it when I came across an article where the Scottish Natural Heritage have issued licences to kill Robins, Swifts, Skylark, Barn Owls and Cormorants among many others, some on the Red list - Birds of Conservation Concern 4.

 They are already under pressure to stop the 5 year mass Raven cull in Perthshire and this is the last straw.


https://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/scottish-natural-heritage-under-fire-over-wild-bird-cull-licences-1-4774617

more details http://www.jasonendfield.com/

Red listed birds include House Sparrow, Starling, Grey Partridge, Skylark, Herring Gull
https://www.bto.org/science/monitoring/psob (for full list)


The Red list has grown by 15 species since 2009

Swift are on the Amber list yet they have issued a licence to kill an indefinite numbers and why 5 licences for Robin

A SNH spokeswomen said ``We were confident that all activities carried out under these licences do not affect the conservation status of any of our native species''