{"id":1002,"date":"2019-05-23T09:17:00","date_gmt":"2019-05-23T09:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/subtext\/?p=1002"},"modified":"2019-05-23T11:15:52","modified_gmt":"2019-05-23T11:15:52","slug":"hedging-our-nets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/subtext\/2019\/05\/23\/hedging-our-nets\/","title":{"rendered":"HEDGING OUR NETS"},"content":{"rendered":"

What with recruitment freezes (sorry, vacancy management controls!), Brexit and a departing VC, you’d think the university would be trying its hardest at the moment not to create any new enemies, but apparently not. We learn that Lancaster has recently managed to seriously upset Chris Packham and a gaggle of other bird fans, by allowing its contractors BAM to instal bird netting around the Health Innovation Campus site. As local ecologist David Morris noted on 23 April, via his Twitter account @JFDIecologist<\/a>, ‘a month since 1st contact, @LancasterUni<\/a> & its contractors @BAMConstructUK<\/a> haven’t removed its bird nets despite repeated advice. Net management goes against the planning permission & hedge tonight has Blackbird & Wren within it. This is utterly poor practice. #NetsDownForNature’<\/span><\/p>\n

Naming and shaming via social media has quickly prompted the university into action, with Morris reporting a week later that the nets would finally be removed. Unfortunately it seems that large sections of hedge have gone with them! Readers wanting to know why nets are so bad for wildlife are encouraged to read the recent RSPB article by Gemma Hogg at:<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.rspb.org.uk\/our-work\/rspb-news\/news\/stories\/use-of-netting\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What with recruitment freezes (sorry, vacancy management controls!), Brexit and a departing VC, you’d think the university would be trying its hardest at the moment not to create any new enemies, but apparently not. 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