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We have at last managed to upload our Forest of Bowland Hen Harrier Day video diary in 3 separate parts. Each video attached below can be viewed individually allowing you to come back to the 2nd and 3rd video as and when you choose to do so. Hen Harrier Day 2017, Dunsop Bridge, Forest of […] UPDATE: Items purchased with the help of our GoFundMe campaign First may I thank everyone of you who have kindly donated towards our GoFundMe campaign, ‘Help save the Bowland Peregrines’. I must apologise for not providing details of items purchased with your support and financial backing until today. The reason for that is because we […] [airesizeimg src=”http://raptorpolitics.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Short-eared-owl-1.jpg” alt=”Short-eared owl-1″ class=”aligncenter size-full wp-image-22801″ ] 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 […]
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 […] [airesizeimg src=”http://raptorpolitics.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Terry-Pickford-ringing-4-pe$-300×200$.jpg” alt=”Terry-Pickford-ringing-4-pe” class=”alignleft size-medium wp-image-12457″ ]Sorry for the delay in posting my latest update, I have been taking a few days away getting a well deserved rest. Not good news I am sorry to announce. So far we have been able to establish there are no breeding Hen Harrier in the Forest of Bowland […]
Here we see England’s only migrant Pallid Harrier quartering moorland in the Dunsop Valley filmed from the official Harrier viewpoint in the Forest of Bowland last night at 7.30pm, 10/05/2017. Just as the evening sun was setting over Bowland’s moorland landscape our camera captured the beauty and dexterity of a Pallid Harriers hypnotic […] We are fortunate to have 2 nature reserves situated around the Solway where cropping is used to feed winter finches and buntings. Cropping is often used to feed game birds using a mix of plants producing seed and also acting as tall cover for the birds. Game keepers often position the crop so […] [airesizeimg src=”http://raptorpolitics.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/irbsv320.jpg” alt=”irbsv320″ class=”aligncenter size-full wp-image-21322″ ] Male Pallid Harrier: Just how secure will these birds be when entering Red Grouse Moors? The raptor migration hot spot at Falsterbo, on the south-western tip of Sweden, is having another great year for Pallid Harriers with 10 seen this week […] [airesizeimg src=”http://raptorpolitics.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/irbsv318-11.jpg” alt=”irbsv318-(1)” class=”aligncenter size-full wp-image-19177″ ] A Pallid Harrier-A rare Harrier rarely seen in Britain This morning has seen many Geordie birders descending on Holy island, not for religious reasons but the passion to see yet another Pallid Harrier in Britain. All the birds recorded this autumn have been juvenile birds and as we […] This week we are hearing some great news about Pallid Harrier breeding in Finland and now you can watch one of the females as she migrates to winter in Africa. Just as exciting Sweden is now witnessing the largest movement of this species ever to occur in the country and already a few Pallid Harriers […] |
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