Today 24thSeptember we can report the intentional shooting of a 3-year old tiercel peregrine falcon. The injured falcon was found shot in a field close to Armathwaite on the river Eden in Cumbria. When the falcon was first noticed by a passing cyclist it seen flapping around in a field with a shattered wing . [...]
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Raptor persecution is not only confined to the Forest of Bowland, it has been happening in Cumbria for the whole of the 20th century, but more particularly in the northern Pennines which is the main area for game (grouse) shooting activities. Peregrine falcons that try to establish a breeding territory in the area get [...] |
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