Wildlife & Countyside act,code of conduct.

Discussion in 'Herbs and Wildflowers' started by Phil A, Jan 22, 2011.

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      Hi Ziggy very useful post and Informative, worth a Sticky thread in my oppinion:)
       
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      Cheers Woo,

      Thought it would clear up any grey areas when it comes to forraging, which i'm sure many of our members do.

      I keep an old diary to write down when and where I forrage food, over the years its building into a record of what to go and look for at any particular time. I also record my fish catches in there.

      Talking of sticky threads, one halloween I suspended lots of cotton threads from the ceiling, sprayed them with spraymount glue & took the lightblubs out.

      Mother was not impressed when she came home from work, the screams could be heard all down the street.
       
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        Yep very interesting read I had no idea the primrose was listed for protection :o
         
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          Thanks for this list.

          I'd been led to believe - by heresay - that it was an offence to pick Bluebells in Scotland. Now I can see that it's fine as long as
          • I don't damage any other plants while picking
          • I leave plenty for other people to enjoy
          • I have no intention to sell them to anybody else
          • I don't uproot the entire plant
          • and it's best (and courteous) to seek the permission of the landowner first.
          Lots of bluebells in woodland where I go on holiday - now I know that there is no offence in picking a few to put into a vase for the duration of my visit :yahoo:.
           
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          You wouldn't like to search for as an instructive piece about "The right to roam" over farmland would you please?

          Cheers, Tony.
           
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          Right to roam has an interesting loophole. Yes, you can walk over farmland even if its not a public path, BUT, if you cause any damage, you are guilty of trespass and possibly criminal damage. As a general rule, that means you can cross a field if it hasn't been ploughed and isn't growing a crop, so grazing land or land that is fallow.

          Basically the 'right to roam' legislation is almost completely pointless, as it doesn't mean a landowner has to do anything to make the walker's life easier, and even before that legislation, in my experience most farmers don't care if they catch you crossing their land so long as you do so with consideration for them, and don't trample their crops or anything.
           
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            You must have some friendy farmers up your way, we get (even on footpath) "get off my land":runforhills:
             
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              I've encountered awkward farmers occasionally, but the majority are fine. I was once quite annoyed when on a bike ride and part of the signed cycle route was a public bridleway across a farmer's field. We got to that point and found the entrance to that section had a horse box backed right up tight against the gate. There were plenty of people about when we got there, and none made any attempt to unblock the public right of way so I just threw our bikes over the fence and climbed over, right in front of them. They gave us their best scowls but didn't say anything.
               
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                Scope for confusion here - The bluebell in Scotland is the Harebell (Campanula family) the bluebell in England is fron the Hyacinth family >>
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                  I wonder if this point is handled by Scottish law, which is not the same as the law of England and Wales.
                   
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