Issue guidance that birdwatching is a permitted as exercise under lockdown

Rejected 15 signatures

What the petition asks

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

Why it was rejected

The UK Government or Parliament was already taking the action it asked for.

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: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/national-lockdown-stay-at-home

The Government's guidance does not specifically refer to particular activities.

Timeline

11 Feb 2021	Petition opened for signatures
18 Mar 2021	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 15

Status Rejected

Rejected 18 Mar 2021

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