Pheasants carry the bacteria The effects of Lyme disease are being talked about across Britain a lot more these days. This has resulted in an important conference to debate this subject hosted by Exeter University on Friday 7th July. http://www.lymediseaseaction.org.uk/what-we-are-doing/conferences/ The UK’s most common tick-borne disease could be eradicated if pheasants were not reared […]
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The Short-eared Owl is one of the most persecuted of the owls in Britain, because they breed mainly on upland heather moorland, bringing them into conflict with Red Grouse moorland managers and their gamekeepers. There is a massive wide range in expected breeding numbers from 200+ – 2500+ in a season which […] Yesterday 29-06-2017, two members of the Jedforest Hunt in the Scottish Borders were found guilty of illegal fox hunting at Selkirk Sheriff Court, in what is the first successful mounted fox hunting prosecution under the law which bans hunting. Father and son, 66-year-old Clive Richardson and 23-year-old Johnathon Riley, both denied deliberately hunting a wild […] RSPB Press Release. Hen harriers are one of the most threatened bird of prey in the UK • Latest hen harrier survey reveals UK population in 2016 of 545 territorial pairs, a drop of 88 pairs since the last national survey in 2010. • Scotland remains […] On the 21st February we reported the death of an adult female Peregrine, one of an established breeding pair, recovered from the tower at St Thomas church in St Annes on the 17th February where breeding has taken place for several season. You can read the full harrowing account of the falcons death and recovery […] Many of you will remember that this spring we had such dry weather resulting in a serious lack of rain from March through to April. Well it looks like many bird species, including ground nesting raptors, took advantage of these dry conditions and started nesting early. Birds species that had nests at this time […]
Beginning today Monday 26th June until Saturday 5th August, we are hosting an online art auctions to help raise funding for Hen Harrier Day at Dunsop Bridge in the Forest of Bowland hosted by the North West Raptor Protection Group. Making a Bid If you wish to […] Malta was once a good area to observe Peregrine Falcons nesting on their many sea cliffs around the island, but sadly peregrines were shot on sight by an army of hunters causing the local pigeon population to explode to such high numbers that pigeon droppings were causing a huge mess in towns […]
The 3 stuffed Hen Harriers inside this display cabinet formed a small part of a larger number of illegally shot Bowland raptors which were confiscated by Lancashire police under a search warrant from the home of award winning photographer Dennis Green. When police raided Greens home they uncovered several cases […] Nick Dixon has recently published a very informative booklet (cost – £6) on the history of the peregrines nesting at St. Michael’s, how the birds initially took over a raven’s stick nest on the church, how that was replaced by a more stable artificial nest and latterly the fascinating story of the buzzard killing […] |
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