Changes to the general license

[bob.243 7,527]

[Dave_4 102]

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/04/25/dead-birds-tied-chris-packhams-fence-farmers-pest-controllers/amp/

im saying nothing

[Rez 4,957]

What’s happening then?, been out today and not been able to keep up with developments... bloody ell. It’s like a brexit I’m interested in

[Jonjon79 13,340]

40 minutes ago, Rez said:

What’s happening then?, been out today and not been able to keep up with developments... bloody ell. It’s like a brexit I’m interested in

Chris Packham has taken a narrow lead from Diane Abbott as the UKs No 1 c**t  

[LuckOrJudgement 437]

4 hours ago, Stavross said:

Haha, she was nuts, if she was wild justices defence then I don’t think there’s to much to worry about, Avery and Packham aren’t even singing from the same song sheet, just let the people who work in the countryside look after it, it’s worked for decades 

It's a sad day. Hopefully sense will prevail. 

It's not the f***ing rain forest. Our UK countryside is a managed environment and the people being penalised by Packham are the ones who care most about conserving it and keeping it balanced.

[iwm 71]

RSPB AND NATURAL ENGLAND WORKING TOGETHER IN JOINT OFFICES IN LANCASHIRE  AND YOU NEED PEST CONTROL EXPERIENCE

 

 

Reference number: A0230419

Location: Lancashire

Are you looking for a new challenge? Do you have excellent machinery and estate management skills? Are you passionate about saving nature? Can you help us deliver and develop our exciting partnership with Natural England? If so we would really like to hear from you!

This is an exciting opportunity to join our small team managing the Ribble Estuary National Nature Reserve in a pioneering partnership with Natural England. The role is based at the RSPB Ribble Reserves office but includes time spent working from Natural England's NNR office.

The Ribble Estuary is the second most important site in the UK for wintering wildfowl. The NNR covers most of the estuary, including extensive areas of mud and sand flats and one of the largest salt marshes in England. The NNR includes two RSPB Reserves within an RSPB Priority Landscape. Marshside Reserve, just to the north of Southport, covers 230 hectares of saltmarsh and 140 hectares of coastal grassland.
Hesketh Out Marsh near Hesketh Bank has been recently extended to over 400 hectares. This saltmarsh reserve is one of the UK's largest managed realignment projects where RSPB have restored 340 hectares of farmland to saltmarsh over a 10-year period. In winter, both reserves support thousands of pink-footed geese, wigeon, teal, black-tailed godwits and other wildfowl and waders. Seven species of raptors can regularly be seen on most days in the autumn and winter. Avocet, lapwing and redshank are important breeding waders across the reserves, nesting alongside Arctic terns, black-headed gulls and a range of wildfowl species.

In addition to the regular day to day maintenance tasks and wildlife monitoring, the post-holder will be expected to help develop our partnership with Natural England and assist with exciting grant-aided habitat improvement projects. The reserve management plan is in the process of renewal and you will be involved in shaping the new Joint NNR Partnership Management Plan.

You will be expected to deliver a high standard of visitor care and provide a regular presence across the sites, engendering a feeling of security and stewardship and spreading our conservation message to a wider audience. You will maintain the reserves to a high standard and you should have experience of implementing maintenance works and running small-scale projects and be able to undertake wildlife monitoring with a reasonable degree of competence. You may also have experience of tractor-driving and pest control. You will have a regular volunteer force to help you achieve all of this and experience of working with volunteers will therefore be a key requirement of this post.

This is a great opportunity to work on a world class wetland with a truly amazing bird spectacle. You will be able to develop your existing skills and experience and you will be given the support to develop new ones too.

The RSPB is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to the appropriate safeguarding checks upon appointment.

This role is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act. You will be asked to declare unspent convictions and cautions at offer of employment stage.

Salary starting at

£19,602 to £21,236 per annum

Hours & contract information

Hours: Full time
Contract: Permanent

Closing date: 13 May 2019
Interview date: 20 May 2019

[iwm 71]

Ive already cancelled jobs on an industrial estate for Monday for feral pigeons in a empty unit,  mybe i should try for the RSPB/NATURAL ENGLAND JOB

well pissed off this week dont think ive ever put so much on here in a few days

iwm

[Rez 4,957]

19 minutes ago, iwm said:

Ive already cancelled jobs on an industrial estate for Monday for feral pigeons in a empty unit,  mybe i should try for the RSPB/NATURAL ENGLAND JOB

well pissed off this week dont think ive ever put so much on here in a few days

iwm

Now there’s a point. 

Consider. Feral pigeons in a old building or structure, needs tekin’ down, demolition team turns up. Can’t touch it? The costs would be mad. Suppose it’ll be like the nesting season an hedges. 

[bigmac 97kt 13,732]

I know one thing if nothing is sorted out

our rifles and shot guns will be worth £00000

prices will drop big time not so much rifles but shot guns sales will fall

dramatically.

not to mention the loss jobs

atvbmac

[bigmac 97kt 13,732]

Was talking to one of my sons mates today who showed me a pic of 15 lambs

in a trailer all dead with there eyes and tongues pecked out 

wish i had got it off him now and sent it to that c**t

with the comment

WELL DONE THIS IS WHAT IS COMING

THANKS TO YOU

YOU BALL SACK

atvbmac

 

[philpot 4,927]

1 hour ago, bigmac 97kt said:

I know one thing if nothing is sorted out

our rifles and shot guns will be worth £00000

prices will drop big time not so much rifles but shot guns sales will fall

dramatically.

not to mention the loss jobs

atvbmac

It will be sorted Jimmy and that you can take to the bank my friend, this is just too big to have an entire industry being held to ransom which is why the NE are putting a temporary license to allow pest control to carry on while they sort the new general licenses out over the next few weeks. My buddy and I have touring round to see all our farmers and given them a copy of the statement made from the MP regarding the progress in what is going to happen. All our farmers are going to go online for a temp license so we can still go and shoot pigeon and crows. 

You know if this Packham twat had any sense at all, he would have established with the NE that the GL was in fact illegal and must be addressed within the next 60 days or legal action would be taken. This would have sorted the issue without all the upset created by this stupid little man.I strongly believe he knows this but it would not have his name brought to the public had he been sensible and therefore not sold as many T-shirts or prints. I wonder what the people who gave money for his campaign would say when they find out it was a total waste of time and a new GL will replace the original, possibly as p1ssed off as BASC will be when the membership cancels future payments as I will be doing at the Northern Shooting Show.

https://chrispackham.teemill.com/

Phil 

[mattwhite 1,993]

8 minutes ago, timmytree said:

Rez, CP made a statement to the effect that he set up Wild Justice because of a shooter in woods near his home shooting jays, magpies and crows with no justification other than they were vermin and he was shooting for fun. The GL as it was was broken. How many others on here have shot pigeons that were not damaging crops? How many rooks shot just for being on grassland? Jays shot because they were in woodland. Or any birds shot just because they were in range?

Shooting for the pot has been illegal for years but look in the hunting section and people post about it regularly. There's even woodies been shot in back gardens for eating food put out for the birds!

The GL wasn't working because shooters didn't abide by it, Wild Justice challenged the legality of the GL and Natural England folded before it went to court because there was a cast iron case to prove it wasn't fit. However much we dislike CP he has done what he thinks is right, he threatened to get it in court. If there's any blame needed, attach it to Natural England who don't seem to know which hand to scratch their arses with, and shooters who break the regulations and flaunt it on the forums for every anti to read and take note of. I've said it before, some shooters are the enemy of all of us because they haven't got enough sense to go about their shooting quietly, eat what they shoot if they want and then keep bloody quiet about it.

Timmy, im not trying to start a whos right or wrong debate so please dont take this the wrong way because i agree with what your saying about keeping our hunting a bit more to ourselves, me included pal. I put up hunting posts, nothing too graphic but all in the name of pest control but yes it is fuel for the antis so i agree with you completely there pal 100%.

My only gripe is that CP is a complete dick with a monsterous lack of knowledge of whats going on in the hunting world and why it is being undertaken. Yes he tarred us all with the same brush as the lad shooting in the woods but is he that naive that he thinks that everyone is doing it for the same reason. Does he think that just because we have guns of any type  do we all shoot cats just because some wank stain does?

This is the man that in 2017 blamed gun owners for the decline in lapwings and wading birds????? Had he even read the general licence to see they had not been quarry for decades if at all? Im sorry, i have no sympathy for him or his cause. He is way out of line and should be held accountable for the whole matter with his band of wild justice folk.

[iwm 71]

This has just been posted on Natural England website what DOES THE INTRODUCTION OF STATUTORY CHARGING IN 2019 MEAN TO YOU????

 

 LEAD LICENSING OFFICER

Natural England Wildlife Licensing Service

Natural England’s Wildlife Licensing Service has been created in response to customer demand for more effective and efficient protected species licensing in line with our service standards and the introduction of statutory charging in 2019. The team covers Species Management, European Protected Species, Science and Conservation Licenses among other strands of related activity.

The team is focused on providing high quality processing, assessment and determination of individual and Class licence applications. We also offer chargeable discretionary advice services which can bring considerable benefits to our customers and protected species. All aspects of the licencing life cycle are handled within the team from registration to compliance and enforcement. We work closely with Area Teams and others as appropriate to secure the best outcomes for our natural environment.

In parallel to managing our annual caseload we are always striving to improve our service and find smarter ways to protect our wildlife alongside sustainable growth. This includes developing and refining our licencing processes, the range of services and licence types we can offer and ways of working through reform and continuous improvement.

We operate as five delivery teams which link to thirteen Area Teams and a number of other project delivery teams and directorates which support our ambition.

Natural England

Natural England’s Conservation Strategy sets out our aspirations and role in delivering multi-objective outcomes at a landscape scale, seeking always to put people at the heart of what we do whilst growing natural capital. We believe that a resilient, dynamic, beautiful natural environment is fundamental to achieving a sustainable growing economy and flourishing society; securing a better deal for people and the environment. Working with partners is central to success, we have developed valuable and productive partnerships over many years and we’ll be developing new relationships and thinking creatively about how to make a lasting improvement to the natural environment.

For a full list of offices please refer to the following webpage: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/natural-england-office-locations.

As a Wildlife Licensing Service Lead Adviser, you will use your knowledge and skills in protected species surveying techniques, practical wildlife management and habitat conservation to drive forward our ability to deliver a landscape scale plan for better and more joined up habitat improvement and creation for protected species.

Key tasks:

Undertake technical assessment of a wide range of licence applications for science and conservation, damage and development under a range of legislation including: Wildlife & Countryside Act (1981), Conservation of Habitats & Species Regulations (2017), and Protection of Badgers Act (1992).

Provide an efficient, customer-focused and responsive service working within statutory and agreed deadlines while maintaining good working relationships with Natural England’s partners and stakeholders;

Be part of an integrated delivery team and work with colleagues in other teams in order to provide an efficient service in accordance with Natural England’s objectives.

Use good judgement to identify emerging problems in this sensitive area of work, and provide balanced and consistent guidance and recommendations to the team on complex or contentious cases, liaising with Specialists, Senior Advisers and others as appropriate.

Promote a culture of continuous improvement in Wildlife Management Advice and Licensing by adopting and helping take forward Better Regulation principles.

Provide effective, clear and pragmatic advice and information to customers on a wide range of wildlife related issues to Natural England’s customers and partners in order to support Natural England’s statutory responsibilities and wider ambition.

Monitor licence activity and ensure compliance with licence conditions via desk based and site visits; escalating enforcement issues as appropriate.

Work with NGOs, consultant ecologists, developers and other customers towards the best outcome for the species;

Pro-actively engage to meet the changing nature of licensing work so that our species regulatory advice makes an optimal contribution to species conservation outcomes, fully implementing our Conservation Strategy.

Identify opportunities around income generation, draw up contracts and work with customers on pre application advice

There will be opportunities to develop strategic solutions at a landscape-scale for greater benefits for protected species for example district level licensing for Great Crested Newts.

There will be the potential to be involved in other discreet elements of our work such as the investigation of suspected wildlife poisoning incidents and species enforcement.

Apply risk assessment and safe working practices to everything you do.

Key skills:

Excellent written and verbal communication skills to enable effective communication with a range of internal and external customers are highly desirable.

Ability to use Word, Excel, PowerPoint, E-mail & digital imagery.
 

Responsibilities

Competencies

Communicating effectively - Practitioner
 

• Use clear and appropriate language, communication styles and techniques that engage your audience
• Communicate complex or difficult messages clearly and effectively

Creating Resilient Landscapes and Seas - Practitioner
 

• Interpret and apply to your work the policies, legislation, and guidance on wildlife protection and management
• Assess environmental impacts and identify appropriate avoidance, mitigation and/or compensation methods
• Apply technical knowledge to your work
• Provide good quality and easily understood advice for the appropriate management of species
• Deliver compliance and enforcement work consistently in line with our strategy and guidance
• Carry out and contribute to relevant monitoring work

Putting people at the heart of the environment (Practitioner)
 

• Make sure customers’ problems are resolved whilst managing customer expectations
• Develop an understanding of the objectives and needs of our partners and customers
• Collaborate, influence and build trusting relationships to achieve pragmatic outcomes
• Understand and explain the outcomes that we seek in your local patch and how these fit in with local and national issues
• Proactively engage with businesses and communities to resolve human/wildlife conflicts

Work Delivery (practitioner)
 

• Manage and deliver your work to meet agreed targets and deadlines
• Provide advice and guidance to colleagues
• Understand and apply relevant legislation and scheme rules to your work
• Handle data responsibly, understand your role in good governance, and comply with delegations, policies and procedures
• Consider the financial implications of your work and seek income from our products and services

Personal Effectiveness- (practitioner)
 

• Identify, suggest and adopt ways to make improvements in your team and Natural England.
• Be decisive, combine your professional judgement with evidence to inform your decision-making.
• Act positively to support the diverse needs of other people in everything you do.
• Progress your personal development and take responsibility for keeping your knowledge and expertise current
• Address challenging issues and manage conflict

Technical/ Specialist knowledge
 

• At least a first degree in zoology, environmental science or other relevant scientific subject at level 2ii or higher, or evidence of equivalent relevant experience;
• Expertise (survey and mitigation) in European Protected Species (e.g. bats and great crested newts) is highly desirable;
• A sound knowledge of British vertebrate species, together with an area of biological expertise that will contribute to the delivery of this work area are highly desirable;
• A working knowledge of the relevant wildlife legislation (e.g. Wildlife & Countryside Act 1981, Protection of Badgers Act 1992, Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017) is highly desirable;
• Membership of relevant professional body is desirable;
• Membership and/or volunteering experience of naturalists groups is desirable;
• A knowledge of wildlife management techniques is desirable

Qualifications

At least a first degree in zoology, environmental science or other relevant scientific subject at level 2ii or higher, or evidence of equivalent relevant experience

Benefits

Benefits

• Access to learning and development tailored to your role
• A working environment that supports a range of flexible working options
• A working culture which encourages inclusion and diversity
• A civil service pension

 

Civil Service - 2 hours ago

- apply on company site

 

[Rez 4,957]

I hope your one of my followers timmy

[Rez 4,957]

Anyway. Some may have seen this already, but just from the application page. How you can only apply for a license...