BIODIVERSITY
We are facing a wildlife crisis in the UK!
Now, more than ever, we need to protect our countryside.
We are facing a wildlife crisis in the UK, the like of which has never been seen before. The SON (state of Nature) Partnership’s
report for 2023 stresses that the UK is one of the most nature-depleted countries in the world. 1 in 6 species (16.1%) are now threatened with extinction. Local Nature Recovery Strategies (LNRS) are being created to deliver the country’s Nature Recovery Network. Across the country, Natural England is working with farmers and other landowners to deliver nature recovery from farm to landscape levels. The Council has failed in it’s duty of care by unnecessarily proposing greenfield sites for development and exceeding it’s planning number. Their site allocation suggests a developer-led proposal where the impact on geo and biodiversity has not been properly assessed .
Impact from domestic pets
While we love cats and dogs, the sheer number introduced if the Sayers Village development goes ahead would have a devastating effect on wildlife.
26 % of UK households have at least 1 cat (ref The Cats Protection League).
2,400 x 0.26 = approx for 624 extra cats
34% of UK households have at least 1 dog (ref The world animal foundation)
2,400 x 0.34 = approx 816 extra dogs
What we stand to loose!
All of the wildlife featured below was photographed (or recorded) on or near the proposed development sites DPSC3 to DPSC7. These developments would damage or destroy their natural habitats leaving them a struggle for survival or to seek other diminishing habitats elsewhere. This can’t be allowed to happen!
Here are some of the many other confirmed visitors and inhabitants we haven’t managed to photograph yet:
- Stoats
- Rabbits
- Dormice
- Red kites
- Kestrels
- Tawny Owls
- Redwings
- Fieldfares
- Firecrest
- Stonechats
If you spot any interesting or unusual wildlife, you can register them using iRecord . Valid entries will automatically be taken into account when land developments are planned. If you feel there is an important species we are not representing here and have photos we could use, please message us via our contact page.