Erstwhile veterinarian; Amateur naturalist; Aspiring conservationist; Animal ethicist; Vulture fan. Author of ‘Treated Like Animals’: https://tinyurl.com/5a3cut5p Forthcoming book: https://tinyurl.com/yw8uh5k6 My photos: https://pbase.com/alick_simmonshttps://bsky.app/profile/parliamentarygoose.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/parliamentarygoose.bsky.social/post/3mwst2hqy6c23A side effect of restrictions imposed on miscreant landowners is the reporting of numbers killed under an individual licence. On one estate over 1000 birds! OUR native birds killed on an industrial scale to serve the narrow interests of a tiny minority. And do we get a say? Do we f*** [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Oct 2026 12:07 +0000at://did:plc:mnwl7ngtbb25cvz2bdcnd2c5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwst2hqy6c23https://bsky.app/profile/parliamentarygoose.bsky.social/post/3mwllepppfc23Like the privatised railways, water companies have cut maintenance down to the bone. This is what you get when companies are out of control and unaccountable to their customers - and anyone else, it would seem. Renationalise now. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/sep/28/schools-forced-to-shut-amid-burst-thames-water-pipe-leaking-750-litres-a-second?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other28 Sep 2026 15:00 +0000at://did:plc:mnwl7ngtbb25cvz2bdcnd2c5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwllepppfc23https://bsky.app/profile/parliamentarygoose.bsky.social/post/3mwkzwxfok22wAm I alone in thinking, with our native fauna & flora in freefall, efforts to regenerate and propagate a single invasive weed are ever so slightly bonkers? @markavery.bsky.social @richardbroughton.bsky.social @alasdaircameron.bsky.social @milesking.bsky.social https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8vgyxrlve46o28 Sep 2026 09:49 +0000at://did:plc:mnwl7ngtbb25cvz2bdcnd2c5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwkzwxfok22whttps://bsky.app/profile/parliamentarygoose.bsky.social/post/3mwktv2byhc2aIf these incidents were taken seriously one would expect the time between the incident and the request for information to be substantially less than two months. And if these places were properly regulated and they were charged for the privilege, then an effective enforcement body could be funded. [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Sep 2026 08:00 +0000at://did:plc:mnwl7ngtbb25cvz2bdcnd2c5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwktv2byhc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/parliamentarygoose.bsky.social/post/3mw6xcuwab224Two juvenile Curlew Sandpipers just flown in on rising tide at Ferrybridge. @portlandbirdobs.bsky.social @port321.bsky.social @stuartreeves.bsky.social23 Sep 2026 14:30 +0000at://did:plc:mnwl7ngtbb25cvz2bdcnd2c5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw6xcuwab224https://bsky.app/profile/parliamentarygoose.bsky.social/post/3mvx4qwj6vk2pMediterranean Gull, Dorset, February 2011. #SuperSeabirdSunday20 Sep 2026 11:46 +0000at://did:plc:mnwl7ngtbb25cvz2bdcnd2c5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvx4qwj6vk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/parliamentarygoose.bsky.social/post/3mvva7du3bc2yPin-tailed Sandgrouse, Aragon, June 2026. #birds19 Sep 2026 17:42 +0000at://did:plc:mnwl7ngtbb25cvz2bdcnd2c5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvva7du3bc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/parliamentarygoose.bsky.social/post/3mvupa4xm622hThe energy required to maintain this level of ignorance in the face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary would power a small town. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/sep/19/uk-conspiracy-theorists-destroying-traffic-scanners?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other19 Sep 2026 12:38 +0000at://did:plc:mnwl7ngtbb25cvz2bdcnd2c5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvupa4xm622hhttps://bsky.app/profile/parliamentarygoose.bsky.social/post/3mvswwxraxc2l‘Who will rid me of this troublesome earl?’18 Sep 2026 19:51 +0000at://did:plc:mnwl7ngtbb25cvz2bdcnd2c5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvswwxraxc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/parliamentarygoose.bsky.social/post/3mvpeeam4u22u@stuartreeves.bsky.social [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Sep 2026 09:40 +0000at://did:plc:mnwl7ngtbb25cvz2bdcnd2c5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvpeeam4u22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/parliamentarygoose.bsky.social/post/3mvnfvkegl22jTwo points spring to mind: 1. As it is for pistols, the use of leg-hold traps is prohibited in the UK. Possession of a pistol is an offence; possession of a leg-hold trap is not. Why? 2. Do the police ever look for human DNA on equipment used for the illegal killing of wildlife? If not, why not? [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Sep 2026 15:03 +0000at://did:plc:mnwl7ngtbb25cvz2bdcnd2c5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvnfvkegl22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/parliamentarygoose.bsky.social/post/3mvmrqrlduk25This happens so rarely that I thought I’d mark it with a BlueSky post.16 Sep 2026 09:02 +0000at://did:plc:mnwl7ngtbb25cvz2bdcnd2c5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvmrqrlduk25https://bsky.app/profile/parliamentarygoose.bsky.social/post/3mvd5msyris2zIf Harborne genuinely wanted a better Britain, instead of bankrolling fascists, he could have donated £36m to Shelter, AgeUK or the Stroke Society. Or, dammit, the Donkey Sanctuary. Anything, anyone but Reform. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/sep/12/christopher-harborne-matches-36m-reform-donation-of-ben-zelo?CMP=share_btn_url12 Sep 2026 13:08 +0000at://did:plc:mnwl7ngtbb25cvz2bdcnd2c5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvd5msyris2z