Image Credit:  Rebecca Cole

Here are the links to which the author refers:

​Mind the Gap:    https://www.rspb.org.uk/globalassets/downloads/documents/mind-the-gap-report-final.pdf  
​Post-EU Exit Regulatory Framework:  https://ieep.eu/publications/future-environmental-regulatory-regime-for-agriculture-in-england-risks-and-opportunities 

A desperate plea from the RSPB in 2009
​which fell mainly on the plain of deaf ears:
​ww2.rspb.org.uk/our-work/rspb-news/news/details.aspx?id=tcm:9-234855