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Stuart Spray is an environmental journalist who has worked as an ecologist for Forestry Commission Scotland (FCS), Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH), Solway Heritage, The Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT) and The Scottish Wildlife Trust (SWT) – and he is – well, distinctly irritated by the goings-on down in Carbis Bay last week…