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We became involved because Regent House in Dorking was a known nesting site for Common Swifts - birds that return to the same nesting places year after year. When demolition moved into the 2026 breedi...

150 people were killed in Gaza in the month of July - "the highest reported monthly death toll since the beginning of the year", states the United Nations Humanitarian Agency (OCHA). Israel has continued its relentless and systematic attacks on Gaza, including bulldozing tented areas where make shift schools were set up. "Since the announcement of a ceasefire agreement on 10 October 2025 and as of 5 August 2026, 1,254 Palestinians were killed, 4,121 were injured, and 804 were retrieved from under the rubble."

The science says the hunt can't go ahead.

From 2021 to 2025 the Sea Mammal Research Unit (SMRU) carried out surveys of Scotland's Harbour Seals which included data on Grey Seals too. The results are very concerning. The latest total counts for the whole of Scotland suggest that both harbour seal and grey seal numbers have declined since the last census in 2016-2019. During the most recent August surveys carried out in 2021-2025, 19,978 harbour seals and 16,042 grey seals were counted in Scotland.