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Health and Safety Isle of Wight Legal matters National Trust 

A fence against common sense

6th September, 20206th September, 2020 Matthew Chatfield 0 Comments coastal, isle of wight

It is a sad fact that every now and again on our beautiful Island people die when they fall from

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Legal matters Spiders 

Spiders by post – that’s got to be cruel, hasn’t it?

8th September, 2013 Matthew Chatfield 5 Comments invertebrates, law, leicester, post, spiders, tarantula, weird

In a bizarre news item, the BBC reports: A man has admitted sending a rare venomous spider in a package

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Dogs Legal matters Litter and waste 

The city of Jerusalem is throwing money at dog poo.

11th June, 201211th November, 2014 Matthew Chatfield 3 Comments dog fouling, dogs, jerusalem, poo, waste

Here’s a story that is doing the rounds in the ‘Believe it or not’ columns of the newspapers. Some boffin is

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Legal matters Ranger Rants 

A challenge worth rising to

14th May, 2011 Matthew Chatfield 3 Comments government, politics

The Red Tape Challenge! Wow, this has got to be good! The government is asking us all to get together

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Legal matters 

Vole in one

12th October, 2009 Matthew Chatfield 0 Comments

The Wildlife Gardener has already put on record her disdain for the game of golf – or at least for

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Legal matters 

Is there a legal right to collect firewood?

8th February, 200914th February, 2018 Matthew Chatfield 88 Comments byelaws, common land, firewood, law, logs, magna carta, timber

Round about this time of year The Ranger always gets a query or two about firewood. There’s the idea going

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Buglife Legal matters 

Buglife squished

1st February, 2009 Matthew Chatfield 2 Comments insects, invertebrates, planning

If you’ve been following the story of small charity Buglife on this blog you will recall its legal challenge intended

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Legal matters 

Snail-bait? Winkling out escargot law

7th December, 2008 Matthew Chatfield 1 Comment

Ranger reader Vanessa poses a very interesting question about the Roman snail Helix pomatia. She asks what the legal position

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Buglife Legal matters Protected species 

Buglife case heard, but not decided

6th December, 2008 Matthew Chatfield 0 Comments insects, invertebrates, planning

The invertebrate charity Buglife is moving to new offices in Peterborough, whilst in the midst of a legal tussle that

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Buglife Legal matters 

Buglife rides forth yet again

17th November, 2008 Matthew Chatfield 0 Comments insects, invertebrates, planning

It really does seem to be like the butterfly that stamped. If you’ve been following the story of small charity

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