I have not watched the links yet (I have a prob with YouTube on this server).
But I do have strong misgivings about the RSPB (and RSPCA) and not just their remit, but how they see their roll and what they think their role is in todays world.
Their names say it all; who mentioned half of the legal issues they feel is their right to get involved in, pettition and projects they try to pursue?
I wonder if either (or both) the GCT or the BTO might take up some of the type of projects that the RSPB are A; making a hash of and B; have no place in trying to pursue themselves.
T