Mrs Grumble Eco Warrior

Bulldozed by the RSPB

It's a larch!

Before the RSPB felled a single tree Dr Grumble went on a walk around the Bourne 'Woods' with Mike Coates the project manager in charge. He was reassured. He shouldn't have been.

The RSPB don't care about trees. They are an organisation for birds. Mrs Grumble used to be a member but she cancelled her membership when she saw what was happening in the local woods. But first she wrote to the RSPB. They were arrogantly dismissive. So Mrs Grumble wrote to the local newspaper. They didn't publish her letter. So she wrote to the Forestry Commission who know about trees. Waste of time - thought Dr Grumble. But it wasn't. Not at all.

According to the Farnham Herald (there's no link available yet) nearly two hectares of larch trees were felled by the RSPB. They report that the Forestry Commission was informed that felling had been undertaken in excess of the licence. The Forestry Commission has now served a formal enforcement notice on the RSPB under the Environmental Impact Assessment Regulations. This will require them to put back the trees they chopped down. But it's not the same.

Mrs Grumble has never received an apology from the RSPB - she just had that dismissive letter.

Bluebells in the woods the RSPB own - but for how long?

Many of you will have seen the Bourne Woods on the big screen. Gladiator was filmed there.