How was I unaware of the 1869 Sea Birds Preservation Act? The first piece of nature conservation legislation in the world, and it came from East Yorkshire as a response to over-exploitation of the colony at Flamborough Head.
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This would have been great for the 2019 Yorkshire Puffin Festival at Flamborough as we could have acknowledged the 150th anniversary of such a landmark bill. I don’t remember hearing about it anywhere else at the time.
I should say I picked this up from @stephenmossauthor.bsky.social book Ten Birds That Changed the World, my current bedtime reading. And tagging him risks this is where he tells me he mentioned it in his 2021 talk for the puffin festival and I’ve forgotten it!
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