Apologies for using this blog for a political statement but I don't believe there can be many readers who are against the work of the above unit, currently threatened by cuts to its miniscule funding. There is an Early Day Motion(603) which our MP's need to support. For details please visit Mark Avery's excellent Blog 'Standing up for Birds'. Mark is the ex-Director of Conservation at RSPB and is now saying all the stuff he couldn't say whilst treading the difficult line at RSPB!