Skydancer – a new way forward for hen harriers and grouse shooting?

The Skydancer project may just be getting started but as many of us know, the need to conserve and protect hen harriers in England is nothing new. Though their diet mainly comprises meadow pipits and field voles, hen harriers will occasionally take red grouse and it is recognised that in certain situations, when hen [...]

March 29th, 2012 | Category: Bird of Prey Persecution, gamekeepers, Grouse Moors, Hen Harrier, Hen Harriers, Private Shooting Estates, red grouse | 8 comments

FIRST UPDATE – OPERATION WILDERNESS – Devon & Cornwall Constabulary

Covert cameras were deployed at an occupied peregrine territory by Police officers involved in Operation Wilderness at a secret location on the Devon south coast on the 15th March 2012. Within 48 hrs images were received from the camera which showed 2 males approaching the nest site spending a short time at a ledge which [...]

March 29th, 2012 | Category: Peregrines | Leave a comment