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Message: <blockquote data-quote="string boozel" data-source="post: 3231084" data-attributes="member: 124353">No organisation should be immune to criticism and nor should people be condemned if they find some policies a little hard to take.If the RSPB makes it clear to would be benefactors that gifts of land may be sold on to developers if they're regarded as having poor wildlife potential then the RSPB is entitled to do as it sees fit. Personally I feel that small reserves serve an important purpose as both an educational and recreational facility for the community. It's only by engaging the public and gaining their interest that we will win the wider struggle to conserve our wildlife. Big business may have the money but if the majority of the public is on our side we win.I've been a member and occasional critic of the RSPB for some time and while I no longer receive the magazine ( at my own request ) I do support them. I just feel that they have handled this one very badly.James.</blockquote>