Chris Packham interviews a grouse moor employee to discover what really goes on behind the heather. An actor is used to protect the identity of the interviewee – but reads directly from a transcript so the conversation is fully accurate.
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Eleanor is a wildlife conservationist and raptor enthusiast from Northumberland with an MSc in Biodiversity Conservation and Ecosystem Management from Newcastle University. She indulges her passion for wildlife through photography and writing. Twitter: @DaisyEleanorug We have all heard of the expression ‘to turn a blind eye’, meaning to pretend that a particular act […] In his latest video Terry Pickford highlights two effective but legal management strategies introduced on grouse moor estates in northern England designed to unsettle peregrines and hen harriers, preventing these species from settling to breed on moorland where red grouse are shot.
[…] 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 […] [airesizeimg src=”http://raptorpolitics.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Peregrine-Cliff-Destroyed-2015-1.jpg” alt=”Peregrine Cliff Destroyed 2015-1″ class=”alignright size-full wp-image-17721″ ] One of 7 destroyed Peregrine nesting sites located by the North West Raptor Group in the Forest of Bowland since 2010 It is well known that since licenses allowing the North West Raptor Group to monitor Peregrines and their persecution in Lancashire’s Forest of […] Some of our readers may have noticed that for some unknown reason Raptor Politics was verbally attacked by another web site for suggesting a radical non lethal solution to the licensed killing of buzzards. What is more worrying, it is a web site which claims to be trying to protect birds of prey! When […] This is the first of two television broadcast featuring Terry Pickford. Here the veteran raptor conservationist highlights the damage caused by game management and direct persecution to species like the Hen Harrier and Peregrine falcon throughout the Lancashire’s Forest of Bowland since 2010. This is why Mr Pickford feels the only answer to resolve this […] We would expect the police to have an interest in protecting wildlife and apprehending those people who set out to destroy protected species like the Hen Harrier and Peregrine, this story has exposed the reality of what the Lancashire Constabulary are really interested in protecting. In the last five years we have witnessed the loss […] [airesizeimg src=”http://raptorpolitics.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/trapped_common_gull_geallaig_hill_27-6-16__wide.jpg” alt=”trapped_common_gull,_geallaig_hill_27-6-16__wide” class=”aligncenter size-full wp-image-20997″ ] RSPB Scotland has appealed for information following the discovery of illegally-set spring traps in the heart of the Cairngorms National Park. The conservation organisation has commended the actions of two members of the public who alerted it to a distressed bird caught in a trap they came […] In 1967 Britain’s first raptor protection group the North West Raptor Group was established by a small band or dedicated raptor conservationists working in the north west of England. The group was set up to try and reverse robberies of eggs and nestlings from the few Peregrine eyries remaining that were often being robbed each […] |
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