Wildlife Incident Investigation Scheme: EIR release

Information requested

I am interested in the contamination of wildlife by poisons and have been made aware of the Wildlife Incident Investigation Scheme. I understand that SASA is responsible for these investigations in Scotland and will have access to the final analytical (chemical) reports for each suspected poisoning incident. I am therefore submitting a request under the Environmental Information Regulation 2004 and the Freedom of Information Act for these final analytical reports (including the four figure grid reference) for the following investigations (to be sent by email):

Incident 21 in Appendix 4 of the 2006 Pesticide Poisoning of Animals report, page 43
Incident 36 in Appendix 3 of the 2006 Pesticide Poisoning of Animals report, page 35
Incident 32 in Appendix 4 of the 2006 Pesticide Poisoning of Animals report, page 44
07050
07065
07068
07161
09138
10058
10092
11024
11136
12165
14035
14047
14063
14119
15011
15031
15032

Although I would prefer for the full WIIS reports to be supplied (with the usual redaction of personal information), it would be acceptable for SASA to provide a spreadsheet detailing the following if this would be a more efficient means of providing the requested information, this being:
- The date of the incident
- The gender of the bird analysed (male / female / ‘not recorded’)
- The analytical results for each chemical group tested for (ie. Difenacoum being found in the liver at a level of 0.066 mg/kg)
- The conclusion of the report.                                                                                                                       

Response

I enclose a copy of most of the information you requested in the redacted report format you asked for. SASA do not hold the gender of the bird analysed or four figure grid references for all of the incidents you requested. This data is included in the reports where known.

An exception under regulation 11(2) of the EIRs (personal information) applies to some of the information requested because it is personal data of a third party and disclosing it would contravene the data protection principles in Article 5(1) of the General Data Protection Regulation and in section 34(1) of the Data Protection Act 2018. This exception is not subject to the ‘public interest test’, so we are not required to consider if the public interest in disclosing the information outweighs the public interest in applying the exception.

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FOI 202400395226 - Information released - Attachment

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