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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Paul Chapman" data-source="post: 3231029" data-attributes="member: 69491">Where I differ markedly from a number of posters on here is accepting the line that the 25 acres had no real wildlife benefit with little or no real prospect of improvement. To me that sends such an astonishingly poor message, it is misguided in the extreme. I have been a member of the RSPB for over three decades and will continue to be so. However, I know someone with more understanding of biodiversity than I will ever have who worked for them in a senior position but after a while resigned and subsequently stopped being a member. As a result, for some on here to caste such significant aspersions on those that question some of the charity's decision-making, I find rather bizarre. They should be challenged and questioned and any space that can be saved should be saved. In my view, we are not far off an ecosystem collapse in this country. (Of course, I don't include in that artificially fed trophy species such as Cranes and Red Kites!)So yes the RSPB is a force for good that should be joined and applauded but it certainly should not receive unquestioning allegiance.All the best</blockquote>