Author Archives: Ian

  And so the 2016 Birmingham Wildlife Festival proved to be a great success and a milestone for this campaign. It was the second outing for SOSCG after last year, and it also saw the return of The Park Knight- … Continue reading →

An event to promote kindness to wildlife, instead of culls and abuse, and it’s actually in Birmingham. Last year there was a march, this year it’s a more static affair but with plenty of wildlife advocates, stalls and music. We have a … Continue reading →

A belated report, though a story worth sharing for all fans of “The Beautiful game” as well as “The beautiful Bird”. Whilst at Victoria Park Tipton last year, I noted some strange behaviour on one of the football pitches involving … Continue reading →

On 15th February, the same night as the council’s scrutiny committee discussed the results of the “consultation exercise” into geese and parks, we handed in a second paper petition. This concerned the council undertaking non-lethal methods of site management, and … Continue reading →

At the start of this campaign several large national organisations were contacted concerning the manner in which Sandwell council had acted in terms of both ordering the clandestine destruction of birds in two of their Green flag parks and also … Continue reading →

  It’s been a while since putting any new blog posts up, but we are now in that limbo period of awaiting Sandwell council’s actions, and whether it intends to pursue “non-lethal methods” that we have been campaigning for. Of … Continue reading →

Nearly one month after Sandwell Council stated that it would not be carrying out any more goose culls in the foreseeable future, we have yet to see demonstrated any action plan or signs of intent from this local authority to … Continue reading →

15/2/16 A hectic day. Firstly a radio interview on Radio WM where I was cut off by the presenter for stating what is established fact- and evidenced on this website concerning officers of Sandwell Council providing false information to both … Continue reading →

noun 1. an unfavourable opinion or feeling formed beforehand or without knowledge, thought, or reason. The following report is written with the intention of informing councillors/officers and the general public of the situation regarding Canada geese and the manner in … Continue reading →

    Back in August last year, we revealed that Sandwell council had launched what it called “a consultation exercise” concerning the management of geese in two of its parks, where they had previously admitted to killing 220 birds, against … Continue reading →