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Brown Songlarks and Fences

To: "Chris Shaw" <>, <>
Subject: Brown Songlarks and Fences
From: "Rosemary Royle" <>
Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2013 10:09:56 -0000
Access to land in Scotland is not quite how you describe it - the way it works is that specific areas of land can be designated "Open Access" and are shown as so on maps. This means that there is indeed open access except at specific periods during shooting seasons. But this only applies to areas of Scotland which are open moorland, mountain and forest where people tramping all over it can't do too much damage. Any land which is actively farmed or cultivated or is parkland, utilities, industrial, domestic or maybe a nature reserve with fragile habitat will not be designated Open Access and there are no specific rights to access it other than on public rights of way.

And an interesting point regarding public access (complete with the accompanying dogs) and its effect on wildlife is that during the last Foot & Mouth epidemic in the UK when access to all countryside was closed to the public for a year, many species of birds and other wildlife did spectacularly well.

And regarding Australia and rules - we did find that Australia is surprisingly bureaucratic about certain things - but the rules appear to be routinely ignored for example when they interfere with what Australians regards as their god-given right to drive all over beaches!!

Rosemary Royle
Wales, UK





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