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Message: <blockquote data-quote="deborah4" data-source="post: 1733462" data-attributes="member: 29880">Eh? Since when was it within the terms of the charitable remit of the RSPB to do the work of the CPS?!  Check your law!<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />Complex political/economical pressures, as most realists will tell you, often means pragmatic choices. Nothing wrong with the RSPB's ethics IMO and likewise, Jane's, in her commitment to the welfare of birds as priority over a commitment to photo/chase/tick/watch them etc etc.In answer to Jane's question: Hit them where it hurts!  (Hypothetically of course <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />)(and when you've finished, get yourself down Souf and sort a few more out!)</blockquote>