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The RSPB has ended its involvement with the Peak District Bird of Prey Initiative, following the partnership project’s continued failure to improve the fortunes of raptors in the Dark Peak.
This Osprey was found in the Peak District National Park in 2015 with two broken legs and later died (© RSPB)
The […]
Government body responsible for wildlife protection issues first license for Hen Harrier ‘brood meddling’ on grouse moors.
Hen Harrier chicks and eggs will be removed from nests, reared in captivity and released but to what fate? (© Ian Newton)
In a highly controversial move, that will seen by many as the abject […]
Following representation by the defence barrister Mr Justin Rouse QC, District Judge Goodwin direct, under the Contempt of Court Act 1981, Section 4(2), “no publication of preliminary interests“, due to what he described as “inappropriate reporting of the previous hearing“. District Judge Mrs D.J. Goodwin, has from today 10/01/2018 imposed a total reporting ban […]
During the Christmas holidays members of the North West Raptor Protection Group have been working on a strategy to provide improved security at Forest of Bowland Peregrine nesting territories during the forthcoming 2018 season. Using funding provided by supporters of their on going GoFundMe campaign the group have now installed several state […]
The North West Raptor Protection Group invite you to join our peaceful occupation of a Forest of Bowland Grouse moor Sunday 12 August. Full details to follow. Please, it is very important to share this post far and wide if we are going to have any chance to saving our Hen Harriers.
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Press release from Police Scotland, 20 December 2017:
Police Scotland and RSPB Scotland are issuing a joint appeal for information after a young hen harrier was discovered dead with unexplained injuries on an estate near Dunoon.
“Kathy”, a female bird, was satellite tagged as a chick on the Cowal Peninsula in August […]
We would like to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Prosperous New Year. We also wish the killing of ‘protected’ birds of prey on our red grouse moors will soon be brought to an end, with those responsible facing justice in our courts. If this is no longer a possibility, then all Driven […]
Wayne County Conservation Agent Hayley Honeycutt is asking for public assistance regarding an eagle death outside of Williamsville, near the Markham Springs Recreation Area. The juvenile bald eagle was located in a field off of 49 Highway on Friday, Dec. 8, 2017. It had been shot in the chest.
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Griffon vultures were on the verge of extinction in Cyprus in 2011 – only 6-8 birds survived […]
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