Author Archives: Ian

A few of the highlights of 2017 and some favourite pictures.     HAPPY 2018 LOVE WILDLIFE

This is a long overdue but necessary follow up and update on what has been happening with regards to Sandwell council and Canada geese. It is perhaps best to read this post from last December as a starting point. After … Continue reading →

It is with great pleasure that this blog features the work of talented card maker Jo Adams. Jo has been a long time friend of the campaign and has a passion for wildlife/pagan interests which she uses in her card … Continue reading →

Following conclusion of the 2017 nesting season, we once again asked Sandwell council for information concerning their egg pricking arrangements in their parks and open spaces  via a freedom of information request. There was some delay in answering this but … Continue reading →

I don’t think it should come as any surprise that I have no time for fishing. I have dealt first hand like many other rescuers of wildfowl with the aftermath of this activity and what could have been reasonably prevented. … Continue reading →

Geese have their natural predators- several of them. Goslings are taken by crows, magpies, gulls and herons from the air. But without doubt the biggest enemy comes from the ground attackers.   Geese have voracious natural predators, who have a … Continue reading →

  DANGER TO YOU, YOUR HOMES & FUTURE GENERATIONS! Dubious plans have been announced concerning the development of The Dudley Port area– in effect most of which is not in this area but in Tividale in Sandwell. This local issue … Continue reading →

Gooseman was under pressure, he couldn’t do it all. Fighting crime and political grime and stopping culls had taken their toll, so he decided to go on a vacation and get a nose job. Even Worzel Gummidge and Doctor Who … Continue reading →

The chances are people do not vote strongly in large numbers on animal welfare matters to change the outcome of the eventual result, which is why these policies are usually towards the back of party political manifestos. Politicians being politicians however,  … Continue reading →

Back in December I delivered a cheque back to Sandwell council house, the one that the chief executive of Sandwell council Jan Britton had sent me, despite The upheld Ombudsman complaint stating that I did not want it. It appears … Continue reading →