Submitted on Thursday 11th February 2021
Rejected on Thursday 18th March 2021
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: already-happening (see below for details)
Issue guidance that birdwatching is a permitted as exercise under lockdown
Ministers to give specific guidance to police, like those for fishing and hunting, on Covid lockdown restrictions, that allow local birdwatching, nature watching and photography as a specifically allowed form of exercise, while adhering to the rules on gathering limits and social distancing
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport have told the Angling Trust fishing is allowed as exercise so long as participants adhere to the rules on staying local, gathering limits, social distancing & limiting the time spent outdoors
Similar guidance on hunting has also been issued to hunting orgs
Birdwatchers however have been stopped by police & told they are in breach of restrictions for simply stopping to look at wildlife, which is no more a risk than using a gun or sitting with a rod
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
Since you started your petition the Government has stated that people can leave their home to exercise or to visit a public outdoor place for outdoor recreation: www.gov.uk/guidance/national-lockdown-stay-at-home
The Government's guidance does not specifically refer to particular activities.
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