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Joint Press Release from Northumbria Police and RSPB (27 Nov 2019) Today, Northumbria Police and the RSPB have issued an appeal for information following the sudden disappearance of yet another satellite tagged hen harrier, a female bird known as Ada. Ada being fitted with a satellite tag as a chick this summer Ada […] Durham Constabulary and the RSPB are appealing for information following the disappearance of a satellite-tagged hen harrier near Middleton-in-Teesdale. The harrier, named Marc, was one of a nest of two chicks tagged as part of the EU-funded Hen Harrier LIFE+ project in July this year from a nest in the […] [airesizeimg src=”http://raptorpolitics.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Hen-Harrier1web.jpg” alt=”Hen-Harrier1web” class=”aligncenter size-full wp-image-23857″ ] We need your support to challenge the English government to do more, and do the right things, for a persecuted bird, the Hen Harrier. Hen Harriers are wonderful birds which are in danger of disappearing from England. The reason is simple: illegal persecution on grouse moors […] Government body responsible for wildlife protection issues first license for Hen Harrier ‘brood meddling’ on grouse moors. [airesizeimg src=”http://raptorpolitics.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/HenHarrierweb.jpg” alt=”HenHarrierweb” class=”aligncenter size-full wp-image-23725″ ] 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 […]
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 […] Rob Cooke (Natural England Director) wrote the attached leaked email 6 February 2017: Hen Harriers [airesizeimg src=”http://raptorpolitics.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Hen-Harrier-Day-2016-3$-300×169$.jpg” alt=”Hen Harrier Day 2016-3″ class=”aligncenter size-medium wp-image-21182″ ] Hen harriers (HHs) are having a rough time in England. Although juvenile birds have a high natural mortality there is plenty to suggest that illegal persecution is ongoing, either through […] Whilst we wish you all a very enjoyable Christmas and a very prosperous New Year, we would remind everyone that persecution remains the overriding factor affecting the health and well-being of so called ‘protected’ birds of prey on moorland in England where Red Grouse are shot for sport. So bad is the current situation on […] [airesizeimg src=”http://raptorpolitics.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Hen-Harrier.jpg” alt=”Hen Harrier” class=”aligncenter size-full wp-image-15235″ ] Posted below are the latest details of the proposed social science study, involving what is being termed by conservation interests as a ‘brood meddling trial’ for the restoration of Hen Harriers into parts of England which will begin next year. The proposed detail has been […] RSPB Media Release [airesizeimg src=”http://raptorpolitics.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Hen-Web.jpg” alt=”Hen Web” class=”aligncenter size-full wp-image-21222″ ] Illegal shooting and trapping of Hen Harriers has left just three active nests in England, driving the bird towards extinction as an English breeding species· The RSPB is looking at how licensing of the grouse moor management industry must be […] 2016 will be remembered as the first year since WWII that there have been no breeding Hen Harriers, or Peregrine Falcons nesting in the same year within the Forest of Bowland, due entirely to human persecution, not the climate and most certainly not the result of a shortage of food. The RSPB are to […] |
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