13/10/20 - New RSPB policy on shooting, the Agriculture Bill and rural house sales

Farming Today

• Episode: 13/10/20 - New RSPB policy on shooting, the Agriculture Bill and rural house sales
• Website: Farming Today
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• Duration: 00:13:24
• Published: 2020-10-13 07:00

After an extensive review into game-bird and grouse shooting, the RSPB has decided both sports should do more to reduce their impact on the environment. It wants the introduction of licences for driven grouse shoots and says the industry has 5 years to improve it’s environmental credential before it advocates for an outright ban. On game bird shooting, it says the release of pheasant and partridges should be regulated if shoots can’t show ‘substantial’ environmental improvements within the next 18 months. The latest figures show that house sales in rural and coastal areas are surging ahead of urban sites. Estate agents Zoopla reports a 30% increase in rural house sales between June and August compared to the same period last year. In urban areas there was a rise of 18%. We visit Ryedale in North Yorkshire, which seems to be a particular hot spot, to find out why people are flocking there and what that means for the local population. Presented by Anna Hill Produced for BBC Audio in Bristol by Heather Simons