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RSPB Press Release. [airesizeimg src=”http://raptorpolitics.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Hen-Harrier.jpg” alt=”Hen Harrier” class=”aligncenter size-full wp-image-15235″ ] Birds of prey continue to be illegally targeted as another rare bird is found to have been shot. New RSPB report shows illegal killing of birds of prey is still unacceptably common with 196 reports of shooting and destruction of […] Details of wildlife crime are all too often spoken about openly by the perpetrators in the remote countryside pub, you just don’t know who has been listening however! There was the conversation overheard detailing the killing of the Red Kites in South Cumbria, and the killing of Eagle Owls. Now a disturbing conversation between estate […] Natural England recently issued a licence permitting the control of up to 10 buzzards to prevent damage to pheasants poults. What Natural England did not admitted until now was that the licence they issued was to control Buzzards predating young pheasants inside the rearing pens and not outside. (See last paragraph in the letter […] Press Release: The Irish Golden Eagle Trust This summer the Golden Eagle Trust are overjoyed to announce the confirmed successful fledging of young red kites in Fingal. Two nests are now confirmed to have fledged a total of three chicks in 2016 in Fingal. [airesizeimg src=”http://raptorpolitics.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/1-Fingal-Kite-2016.jpg” alt=”1-Fingal-Kite-2016″ class=”aligncenter size-full wp-image-21274″ ] […] [airesizeimg src=”http://raptorpolitics.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Red-Kite-Harrowgate-web.jpg” alt=”Red-Kite-Harrowgate-web” class=”alignleft size-full wp-image-20837″ ] North Yorkshire Police have described the persecution of red kites as “totally unacceptable”, after the 10th Red Kite in North Yorkshire was found shot. On Monday, a member of the public found a dead adult red kite at Timble Ings, between Harrogate and Skipton. It was taken to […] [airesizeimg src=”http://raptorpolitics.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Police$-300×300$.png” alt=”Police” class=”alignleft size-medium wp-image-20656″ ] North Yorkshire Police appeal for help from the Public to trace those responsible for the death an 8th Red Kite in the County in the last two months. On the morning of Sunday 22nd May 2016 a walker on Hall Lane […] [airesizeimg src=”http://raptorpolitics.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Red-Kite-web.jpg” alt=”Red-Kite-web” class=”aligncenter size-full wp-image-19555″ ] Several years ago Raptor Politics was contacted by a resident from the South Cumbrian town of Ulverston, informing us he and his wife had witnessed on several occasions up to 7 Red Kites feeding together in a local farmers field on sheep ‘after-birth’ deposited all over […] Irish Red Kite Project Soars to New Heights – more than 50 pairs now recorded in Ireland and over 150 young fledged between 2010 and 2015 as excitement builds for monitoring in 2016. [airesizeimg src=”http://raptorpolitics.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Mark-1web.jpg” alt=”Mark-1web” class=”aligncenter size-full wp-image-20514″ ] Dr Marc Ruddock, red kite […] UPDATE: Peregrines in the Forest of Bowland finally brought down by prejudice and misguided politicsUpdate 17:00 19:00, Thursday 21-04-2016: One Forest of Bowland peregrine site confirmed occupied, but subjected to 2 hours disturbance. We are now able to confirm the information provided by an RSPB officer on Saturday 16 April to 3 members of the North West Raptor Group , and to 2 […] [airesizeimg src=”http://raptorpolitics.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Red-Kite-1.jpg” alt=”Red Kite-1″ class=”aligncenter size-full wp-image-19788″ ] What a success story the Red Kite reintroduction has been for those lucky areas where these fantastic birds has taken place, with Chilterns, Dumfries and Galloway, Northampton and Yorkshire standing out as great successes. Then there are the ones like the Black Isle, Perthshire in […] |
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