As the country endures a veritable 40 day biblical downpour of storms and floods (please note the water companies will be wasting most of this water and, come summer, will be claiming "drought"!), it is reassuring to know that Nanny's chums in the Environment Agency put the welfare of small animals and birds ahead of humans.
Aside from stopping the dredging of the 800 year old drainage channels in Somerset, lest the water voles be harmed, Nanny has also held back working on the protection of the Dawlish railway line until a study had been completed on the impact on local birdlife.
Lord Berkeley, a former rail industry executive, has said (as per the
Telegraph) that the
Environment Agency was “
looking after birds before humans”.
The beaches and mudflats in the Dawlish area are a renowned haven for
birdlife, home to 12,000 wading birds including oystercatchers and
redshanks. Rare species including avocets and black-tailed godwits have also
been seen.
Lord Berkeley said that the agency had not taken concerns about
the railway seriously at a meeting.
“They said they could repopulate the beach, pump sand onto it to raise it up
so the waves broke further out – but the birds would have to be looked
after.”
Nanny loves wildlife because it doesn't answer back, hence her continued efforts to turn us into hybrid "sheeple".
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