Suspected shooting of a White-tailed eagle in Northern Ireland

An appeal for information has been launched by the PSNI and conservation bodies following the suspected shooting of a white-tailed eagle in Northern Ireland. [...]

Hen Harriers on the verge of extinction in England

The 2009 breeding season was one of the worst years for Hen harriers since records began, although numbers in Lancashire’s Forest of Bowland declined from 39 breeding females to just a single breeding pair in the mid 1980′s. [...]

Eagle Owls in Britain, Scientific Paper by The World Owl Trust

A REPORT BY THE WORLD OWL TRUST – pdf format

Updated 13th March 2010

Raptor Persecution in Scotland

Follow the attached link to details of raptors and their continued persecution in Scotland. http://raptorpersecutionscotland.wordpress.com/

Oh what a tangled web!: UU reply to Chrissie Harper – eventually

A reply from U turned up last week – in case you missed it, Chrissie Harper published it here on 2nd March. We now reproduce it below with a few comments we feel may be of interest to the impartial reader.

25th February 2010

Dear Ms Harper

Thank you for your letter of February [...]

Dead lamb laced with poison kills Irish bred Golden Eagle chick

A young Irish Golden Eagle has been found poisoned on the Sligo/Leitrim border at Truskmore Mountain. The 10-month-old eagle chick was born and reared in a Donegal eyrie in 2009. The bird had spent the last four months wandering the beautiful mountains above Glencar Waterfall, Lough Gill and Gleniff.

Follow the link to this sad [...]