The plot thickens

“The onslaught from crows starts at first light and doesn’t let up until dark”

Here we go again. Things had calmed down after Natural England helped stoke anger over the general licences two years ago, but it has heaped coal back on the fire.

Back then it was Wild Justice that threw a spanner in the works, helping to strip vital protection from endangered curlew, lapwing and other red-listed birds during the nesting season, leaving them at the mercy of carrion crows and magpies. The group’s legal action against the licences –