FIRECREST TOURS : Guided Birdwatching & Wildlife Days

The National Game Dealers Association (NGDA) is the latest organisation from the UK game-shooting industry to realise, belatedly and after years of resisting, that if it is to survive then dropping products shot with toxic lead ammunition is the only way to go. The NGDA has issued the following statement this morning: At the National […] from Raptor Persecution UK https://ift.tt/31AMmcQ via IFTTT

The National Game Dealers Association (NGDA) is the latest organisation from the UK game-shooting industry to realise, belatedly and after years of resisting, that if it is to survive then dropping products shot with toxic lead ammunition is the only way to go. The NGDA has issued the following statement this morning: At the National […] RaptorPersecutionUK https://ift.tt/31AMmcQ

The Welsh Government has announced plans to appoint an all-Wales rural and wildlife crime coordinator. Speaking about the proposal, Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs Lesley Griffiths said: “I take the issue of rural and wildlife crime very seriously and commend police forces in Wales for the great strides they have made to tackle […] from Raptor Persecution UK https://ift.tt/3w8MCxX via IFTTT

The Welsh Government has announced plans to appoint an all-Wales rural and wildlife crime coordinator. Speaking about the proposal, Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs Lesley Griffiths said: “I take the issue of rural and wildlife crime very seriously and commend police forces in Wales for the great strides they have made to tackle […] RaptorPersecutionUK https://ift.tt/3w8MCxX

The Daily Mirror, of all places, published a large feature article yesterday about the damaging effects of grouse moor burning. Written by Environment Editor Nada Farhoud, the article featured comments from the usual suspects but also some new voices, including a local resident of the North York Moors National Park, Richard Gray, who was quoted: […] RaptorPersecutionUK https://ift.tt/3rEpbZG

The Daily Mirror, of all places, published a large feature article yesterday about the damaging effects of grouse moor burning. Written by Environment Editor Nada Farhoud, the article featured comments from the usual suspects but also some new voices, including a local resident of the North York Moors National Park, Richard Gray, who was quoted: […] from Raptor Persecution UK https://ift.tt/3rEpbZG via IFTTT

Press release from the National Wildlife Crime Unit (NWCU) Wild birds are nesting and the national campaign to protect them across the UK is underway. Egg thieves will go to any lengths to raid the nests of rare wild birds but Operation EASTER is determined to stop them in their tracks. Operation EASTER was developed […] RaptorPersecutionUK https://ift.tt/3czsAEO

Press release from the National Wildlife Crime Unit (NWCU) Wild birds are nesting and the national campaign to protect them across the UK is underway. Egg thieves will go to any lengths to raid the nests of rare wild birds but Operation EASTER is determined to stop them in their tracks. Operation EASTER was developed […] from Raptor Persecution UK https://ift.tt/3czsAEO via IFTTT

Whenever the grouse moor owners’ lobby group Scottish Land & Estates (SLE) says anything about grouse moors, it’s best to take it with a skipful of salt. Their reputation for talking nonsense (I’m being kind) is legendary (e.g. see here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here etc). I really don’t know how they […] from Raptor Persecution UK https://ift.tt/3rwQvJl via IFTTT

Whenever the grouse moor owners’ lobby group Scottish Land & Estates (SLE) says anything about grouse moors, it’s best to take it with a skipful of salt. Their reputation for talking nonsense (I’m being kind) is legendary (e.g. see here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here etc). I really don’t know how they […] RaptorPersecutionUK https://ift.tt/3rwQvJl

News of another multi-agency raid yesterday, involving Devon & Cornwall Police, Natural England, National Wildlife Crime Unit and RSPB Investigations, as a follow on from the discovery of a poisoned buzzard in 2020. Brilliant partnership working again, after news of a similar raid in Lincolnshire a couple of weeks ago following the illegal poisoning of […] from Raptor Persecution UK https://ift.tt/31C79gp via IFTTT

News of another multi-agency raid yesterday, involving Devon & Cornwall Police, Natural England, National Wildlife Crime Unit and RSPB Investigations, as a follow on from the discovery of a poisoned buzzard in 2020. Brilliant partnership working again, after news of a similar raid in Lincolnshire a couple of weeks ago following the illegal poisoning of […] RaptorPersecutionUK https://ift.tt/31C79gp

Earlier this week I blogged about how Natural England had been planning, in secret, to start a captive breeding programme for hen harriers, with the intention of releasing the progeny in to southern England as a way of boosting the UK hen harrier population, which has been in decline for years thanks to the ongoing […] RaptorPersecutionUK https://ift.tt/3foNFUe

Earlier this week I blogged about how Natural England had been planning, in secret, to start a captive breeding programme for hen harriers, with the intention of releasing the progeny in to southern England as a way of boosting the UK hen harrier population, which has been in decline for years thanks to the ongoing […] from Raptor Persecution UK https://ift.tt/3foNFUe via IFTTT

Press release from the Langholm Initiative (26th March 2021) South of Scotland’s biggest community buyout completes The South of Scotland’s largest community buyout has been legally completed following one of the most ambitious community fundraising campaigns ever seen and paving the way for the creation of a vast new nature reserve in Dumfries and Galloway. […] RaptorPersecutionUK https://ift.tt/3ddGpYZ

Press release from the Langholm Initiative (26th March 2021) South of Scotland’s biggest community buyout completes The South of Scotland’s largest community buyout has been legally completed following one of the most ambitious community fundraising campaigns ever seen and paving the way for the creation of a vast new nature reserve in Dumfries and Galloway. […] from Raptor Persecution UK https://ift.tt/3ddGpYZ via IFTTT

West Yorkshire Police have published a statement on Twitter this afternoon about a kestrel that was shot dead ‘at some point last week’. The Leeds Wildlife & Rural Crime team say the bird was shot at the junction of Leeds Road and Park Lane, Allerton Bywater. There isn’t any further information about the type of […] from Raptor Persecution UK https://ift.tt/2P5xYGZ via IFTTT

West Yorkshire Police have published a statement on Twitter this afternoon about a kestrel that was shot dead ‘at some point last week’. The Leeds Wildlife & Rural Crime team say the bird was shot at the junction of Leeds Road and Park Lane, Allerton Bywater. There isn’t any further information about the type of […] RaptorPersecutionUK https://ift.tt/2P5xYGZ

Do you remember DEFRA’s ludicrous Hen Harrier Action Plan, published in 2016 and responsible for hen harrier brood meddling – the conservation sham sanctioned by DEFRA and carried out by Natural England, in cahoots with the very industry responsible for the species’ catastrophic decline in England? (For more background see here). Well the conservation sham has […] RaptorPersecutionUK https://ift.tt/2QtoMMR

Do you remember DEFRA’s ludicrous Hen Harrier Action Plan, published in 2016 and responsible for hen harrier brood meddling – the conservation sham sanctioned by DEFRA and carried out by Natural England, in cahoots with the very industry responsible for the species’ catastrophic decline in England? (For more background see here). Well the conservation sham has […] from Raptor Persecution UK https://ift.tt/2QtoMMR via IFTTT

DEFRA press release (23 March 2021) Plans announced to phase out lead ammunition in bid to protect wildlife Government sets out the restriction work to be carried out in the first year of UK REACH, the UK’s new chemical regime Evidence shows lead ammunition harms the environment, wildlife and people Consultation will seek public’s views […] from Raptor Persecution UK https://ift.tt/2NNEtxC via IFTTT

DEFRA press release (23 March 2021) Plans announced to phase out lead ammunition in bid to protect wildlife Government sets out the restriction work to be carried out in the first year of UK REACH, the UK’s new chemical regime Evidence shows lead ammunition harms the environment, wildlife and people Consultation will seek public’s views […] RaptorPersecutionUK https://ift.tt/2NNEtxC

Conservationists have drawn up plans to reintroduce Ospreys to Suffolk. The Suffolk Wildlife Trust has teamed with experts from the Roy Dennis Wildlife Foundation and the Leicestershire and Wildlife Trust, who were behind the reintroduction of Ospreys to Rutland Water in the late 1990s. The Roy Dennis Wildlife Foundation is also a lead player in […] RaptorPersecutionUK https://ift.tt/3cVBHyC

Conservationists have drawn up plans to reintroduce Ospreys to Suffolk. The Suffolk Wildlife Trust has teamed with experts from the Roy Dennis Wildlife Foundation and the Leicestershire and Wildlife Trust, who were behind the reintroduction of Ospreys to Rutland Water in the late 1990s. The Roy Dennis Wildlife Foundation is also a lead player in […] from Raptor Persecution UK https://ift.tt/3cVBHyC via IFTTT

Tomorrow (Friday 19 March 2021) is the online protest organised by the Scottish Gamekeepers Association (SGA) and seven regional moorland groups, who represent grouse shooting estates and their gamekeepers across Scotland. This is the protest that the SGA has been threatening since November when the Scottish Government had finally had enough with the decades of […] RaptorPersecutionUK https://ift.tt/3vDxZ5m

Tomorrow (Friday 18 March 2021) is the online protest organised by the Scottish Gamekeepers Association (SGA) and seven regional moorland groups, who represent grouse shooting estates and their gamekeepers across Scotland. This is the protest that the SGA has been threatening since November when the Scottish Government had finally had enough with the grouse-shooting industry […] from Raptor Persecution UK https://ift.tt/3vDxZ5m via IFTTT

Earlier this year the British Association of Shooting & Conservation (BASC) was vociferously complaining in the press and to the Parliament about the alleged abuse faced by gamekeepers and others in the game-shooting industry (see here). Meanwhile, at the same time, BASC’s Northern England Director, Duncan Thomas, was posting misogynistic abuse about me on social […] RaptorPersecutionUK https://ift.tt/2Npoqpk

Earlier this year the British Association of Shooting & Conservation (BASC) was vociferously complaining in the press and to the Parliament about the alleged abuse faced by gamekeepers and others in the game-shooting industry (see here). Meanwhile, at the same time, BASC’s Northern England Director, Duncan Thomas, was posting misogynistic abuse about me on social […] from Raptor Persecution UK https://ift.tt/2Npoqpk via IFTTT

REVIVE, the coalition for grouse moor reform in Scotland, has published a second report this week, following yesterday’s report on how grouse moor reform could create tens of thousands of jobs (see here). Today’s report was commissioned by REVIVE and authored by the New Economics Foundation and Common Weal and is called ‘Our Land: A […] from Raptor Persecution UK https://ift.tt/3bTW8g5 via IFTTT

REVIVE, the coalition for grouse moor reform, has published a second report this week, following yesterday’s report on how grouse moor reform could create tens of thousands of jobs (see here). Today’s report was commissioned by REVIVE and authored by the New Economics Foundation and Common Weal and is called ‘Our Land: A vision for […] RaptorPersecutionUK https://ift.tt/3bTW8g5

For anyone who still wants to pretend that the grouse shooting industry isn’t responsible for the systematic extermination of hen harriers on grouse moors across the UK, here’s the latest catalogue of crime that suggests otherwise. [This male hen harrier died in 2019 after his leg was almost severed in an illegally set trap that […] RaptorPersecutionUK https://ift.tt/3lklarO

For anyone who still wants to pretend that the grouse shooting industry isn’t responsible for the systematic extermination of hen harriers on grouse moors across the UK, here’s the latest catalogue of crime that suggests otherwise. [This male hen harrier died in 2019 after his leg was almost severed in an illegally set trap that […] from Raptor Persecution UK https://ift.tt/3lklarO via IFTTT

Further to yesterday’s blog about a pathetically vague ‘appeal’ for information from Northumberland Police (here), the RSPB has now confirmed that yet another satellite-tagged hen harrier has disappeared in suspicious circumstances, next to a grouse moor. According to the RSPB blog (here), this bird was called ‘Tarras’ and was tagged on Langholm Moor in 2020 […] from Raptor Persecution UK https://ift.tt/3qN72IZ via IFTTT

Further to yesterday’s blog about a pathetically vague ‘appeal’ for information from Northumberland Police (here), the RSPB has now confirmed that yet another satellite-tagged hen harrier has disappeared in suspicious circumstances, next to a grouse moor. According to the RSPB blog (here), this bird was called ‘Tarras’ and was tagged on Langholm Moor in 2020 […] RaptorPersecutionUK https://ift.tt/3qN72IZ

The Revive Coalition for grouse moor reform has published its latest report, this time produced by coalition member Common Weal – a ‘think and do tank’ campaigning for social and economic equality in Scotland. The new report, ‘Work the Land: The employment potential of land reform’ examines how alternative uses of Scotland’s rural land compares […] RaptorPersecutionUK https://ift.tt/38Gkrw4

The Revive Coalition for grouse moor reform has published its latest report, this time produced by coalition member Common Weal – a ‘think and do tank’ campaigning for social and economic equality in Scotland. The new report, ‘Work the Land: The employment potential of land reform’ examines how alternative uses of Scotland’s rural land compares […] from Raptor Persecution UK https://ift.tt/38Gkrw4 via IFTTT

Breaking news from the RSPB’s Investigations Team….. Looking forward to hearing more detail about this one. from Raptor Persecution UK https://ift.tt/2OVLsEU via IFTTT

Breaking news from the RSPB’s Investigations Team….. Looking forward to hearing more detail about this one. RaptorPersecutionUK https://ift.tt/2OVLsEU

Northumberland Police have issued a vague ‘appeal’ for information following a report from the RSPB that another satellite-tagged hen harrier has ‘disappeared’, last heard from on 24th February 2021 ‘south of Haltwhistle’. This is what the police put out on Twitter on Friday: I couldn’t find any press release on the Northumberland Police website, nor […] RaptorPersecutionUK https://ift.tt/3vAItCG

Northumberland Police have issued a vague ‘appeal’ for information following a report from the RSPB that another satellite-tagged hen harrier has ‘disappeared’, last heard from on 24th February 2021 ‘south of Haltwhistle’. This is what the police put out on Twitter on Friday: I couldn’t find any press release on the Northumberland Police website, nor […] from Raptor Persecution UK https://ift.tt/3vAItCG via IFTTT

Further to yesterday’s blog where I revealed that the Scottish Gamekeepers Association (SGA) had told Police they had ‘evidence’ to believe Chris Packham had probably faked his own death threat (see here), today the story has hit a national newspaper but not in the way in which the SGA had hoped. They’d hoped to embarrass […] RaptorPersecutionUK https://ift.tt/3lcq8Hg

Further to yesterday’s blog where I revealed that the Scottish Gamekeepers Association (SGA) had told Police they had ‘evidence’ to believe Chris Packham had probably faked his own death threat (see here), today the story has hit a national newspaper but not in the way in which the SGA had hoped. They’d hoped to embarrass […] from Raptor Persecution UK https://ift.tt/3lcq8Hg via IFTTT

Just when you thought the Scottish Gamekeepers Association (SGA) couldn’t get any more desperate, their latest stunt will blow your mind. This is such batshit bonkers desperation that I don’t really know where to start. How about with a definition? From the Cambridge English Dictionary: Desperation – the feeling of being in such a bad […] RaptorPersecutionUK https://ift.tt/3lfzPEY

Just when you thought the Scottish Gamekeepers Association (SGA) couldn’t get any more desperate, their latest stunt will blow your mind. This is such batshit bonkers desperation that I don’t really know where to start. How about with a definition? From the Cambridge English Dictionary: Desperation – the feeling of being in such a bad […] from Raptor Persecution UK https://ift.tt/3lfzPEY via IFTTT

DEFRA is currently running a consultation about the harmful impacts of releasing gamebirds (pheasants and partridges) for recreational shooting on and near to protected sites of nature conservation value. DEFRA is running this consultation as part of a review it committed to take after Wild Justice took it to court last year (a legal challenge […] RaptorPersecutionUK https://ift.tt/2PZZdCZ

DEFRA is currently running a consultation about the harmful impacts of releasing gamebirds (pheasants and partridges) for recreational shooting on and near to protected sites of nature conservation value. DEFRA is running this consultation as part of a review it committed to take after Wild Justice took it to court last year (a legal challenge […] from Raptor Persecution UK https://ift.tt/2PZZdCZ via IFTTT

In January 2020, five pro-shooting organisations issued a statement that professed ‘zero tolerance’ for raptor persecution. Coming 66 years after it became illegal to kill birds of prey in the UK, this was progress indeed. I said at the time it was a sham (here). I haven’t seen anything since that has convinced me of […] RaptorPersecutionUK https://ift.tt/3tcHM0f

In January 2020, five pro-shooting organisations issued a statement that professed ‘zero tolerance’ for raptor persecution. Coming 66 years after it became illegal to kill birds of prey in the UK, this was progress indeed. I said at the time it was a sham (here). I haven’t seen anything since that has convinced me of […] from Raptor Persecution UK https://ift.tt/3tcHM0f via IFTTT

The Scottish Gamekeepers Association (SGA) held its AGM last Friday (5th March 2021) – here are two earlier blogs about that event (here and here). The vast majority of the 2.5 hour event was taken up by a political hustings. Candidates from five different parties were invited to introduce themselves and tell the SGA members […] RaptorPersecutionUK https://ift.tt/3bFhSwb

The Scottish Gamekeepers Association (SGA) held its AGM last Friday (5th March 2021) – here are two earlier blogs about that event (here and here). The vast majority of the 2.5 hour event was taken up by a political hustings. Candidates from five different parties were invited to introduce themselves and tell the SGA members […] from Raptor Persecution UK https://ift.tt/3bFhSwb via IFTTT

Last month Andy Wightman announced he was standing as an Independent candidate for the Highlands & Islands in the May elections (see here). To be elected he says he will need around 15,000 votes. [Andy (Scottish Parliament’s Golden Eagle Champion) with golden eagle ‘Adam’, who later disappeared in suspicious circumstances on a grouse moor in […] RaptorPersecutionUK https://ift.tt/3qEbglQ

Last month Andy Wightman announced he was standing as an Independent candidate for the Highlands & Islands in the May elections (see here). To be elected he says he will need around 15,000 votes. [Andy (Scottish Parliament’s Golden Eagle Champion) with golden eagle ‘Adam’, who later disappeared in suspicious circumstances on a grouse moor in […] from Raptor Persecution UK https://ift.tt/3qEbglQ via IFTTT

The RSPB Investigations Team has published a blog this morning, detailing their undercover work filming a gamekeeper on a grouse moor in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, who used a tethered eagle owl to draw in two buzzards close enough for them to be shot. The blog, authored by RSPB Investigations Officer Howard Jones, describes […] RaptorPersecutionUK https://ift.tt/38l27Zq

The RSPB Investigations Team has published a blog this morning, detailing their undercover work filming a gamekeeper on a grouse moor in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, who used a tethered eagle owl to draw in two buzzards close enough for them to be shot. The blog, authored by RSPB Investigations Officer Howard Jones, describes […] from Raptor Persecution UK https://ift.tt/38l27Zq via IFTTT

The Scottish Gamekeepers Association (SGA) held its AGM online last Friday (4th March 2021). The majority of the two and a half hours was taken up with a political hustings – more on that event later. To kick off proceedings, SGA Chairman Alex Hogg delivered an opening speech, read deadpan from his laptop. It’s an […] from Raptor Persecution UK https://ift.tt/2OziPgk via IFTTT

The Scottish Gamekeepers Association (SGA) held its AGM online last Friday (4th March 2021). The majority of the two and a half hours was taken up with a political hustings – more on that event later. To kick off proceedings, SGA Chairman Alex Hogg delivered an opening speech, read deadpan from his laptop. It’s an […] RaptorPersecutionUK https://ift.tt/2OziPgk

Climate emergency? What climate emergency? Fergus Ewing, the Scottish Government’s Cabinet Secretary for Rural Economy and Tourism, was speaking at the Scottish Gamekeepers Association’s political hustings last Friday (and more on that soon!), and this is a direct quote from his two-minute position statement on what the SNP can do for gamekeepers: “It’s essential that […] from Raptor Persecution UK https://ift.tt/3c7bhcU via IFTTT

Climate emergency? What climate emergency? Fergus Ewing, the Scottish Government’s Cabinet Secretary for Rural Economy and Tourism, was speaking at the Scottish Gamekeepers Association’s political hustings last Friday (and more on that soon!), and this is a direct quote from his two-minute position statement on what the SNP can do for gamekeepers: “It’s essential that […] RaptorPersecutionUK https://ift.tt/3c7bhcU

I don’t really know what to say about this. The letter was published in The Telegraph today (thanks to the blog reader who sent it to me). If ever you’ve wondered why birds of prey are killed so frequently in the UK, here’s your answer. Bill Makins is 89 years old. I wouldn’t be surprised […] from Raptor Persecution UK https://ift.tt/3bjoUqb via IFTTT

I don’t really know what to say about this. The letter was published in The Telegraph today (thanks to the blog reader who sent it to me). If ever you’ve wondered why birds of prey are killed so frequently in the UK, here’s your answer. Bill Makins is 89 years old. I wouldn’t be surprised […] RaptorPersecutionUK https://ift.tt/3bjoUqb

Press release from OneKind (5th March 2021) New report from animal protection charity reveals some of the worst snaring incidents in the UK in 2020 Scotland’s leading animal campaigns charity, OneKind, has released a new report, SnareWatch Annual Report 2020: Case studies of snare use in the UK, which highlights some of the worst snaring, or […] RaptorPersecutionUK https://ift.tt/38dtFzI

Press release from OneKind (5th March 2021) New report from animal protection charity reveals some of the worst snaring incidents in the UK in 2020 Scotland’s leading animal campaigns charity, OneKind, has released a new report, SnareWatch Annual Report 2020: Case studies of snare use in the UK, which highlights some of the worst snaring, or […] from Raptor Persecution UK https://ift.tt/38dtFzI via IFTTT

Yesterday this blog passed its 11-year anniversary. Is it still attracting readers? Yep, it seems to be, looking at these blog viewing stats. As ever, huge thanks to those who help fund my time, those who work with me behind the scenes (you know who you are), to those who send me information, to those […] from Raptor Persecution UK https://ift.tt/388E9At via IFTTT

Yesterday this blog passed its 11-year anniversary. Is it still attracting readers? Yep, it seems to be, looking at these blog viewing stats. As ever, huge thanks to those who help fund my time, those who work with me behind the scenes (you know who you are), to those who send me information, to those […] RaptorPersecutionUK https://ift.tt/388E9At

Press release from DEFRA (2nd March 2021) Assessment launches to appraise UK wildlife and forest crime legislation and enforcement New toolkit launched to assess the way we tackle wildlife crime in the UK A UN backed assessment of UK wildlife and forest crime legislation and enforcement has launched today, using the United Nations Office on […] from Raptor Persecution UK https://ift.tt/3uPKLNJ via IFTTT

Press release from DEFRA (2nd March 2021) Assessment launches to appraise UK wildlife and forest crime legislation and enforcement New toolkit launched to assess the way we tackle wildlife crime in the UK A UN backed assessment of UK wildlife and forest crime legislation and enforcement has launched today, using the United Nations Office on […] RaptorPersecutionUK https://ift.tt/3uPKLNJ

On Saturday I blogged about a press announcement from Police Scotland that had indicated there had been a successful conviction in a case involving the illegal mass poisoning of birds of prey in Dumfries & Galloway (see here). This police statement didn’t ring true because surely, if there had been a successful prosecution in such […] RaptorPersecutionUK https://ift.tt/2NXBK4u

On Saturday I blogged about a press announcement from Police Scotland that had indicated there had been a successful conviction in a case involving the illegal mass poisoning of birds of prey in Dumfries & Galloway (see here). This police statement didn’t ring true because surely, if there had been a successful prosecution in such […] from Raptor Persecution UK https://ift.tt/2NXBK4u via IFTTT

Press release from RSPB (2nd March 2021) Peregrine poisoned in Peak District National Park A peregrine falcon, which was found dead on a driven grouse moor in the Upper Derwent Valley, has just been confirmed as illegally poisoned following official toxicology analysis – adding to the growing list of protected birds of prey illegally killed […] RaptorPersecutionUK https://ift.tt/3b7lt67

Press release from RSPB (2nd March 2021) Peregrine poisoned in Peak District National Park A peregrine falcon, which was found dead on a driven grouse moor in the Upper Derwent Valley, has just been confirmed as illegally poisoned following official toxicology analysis – adding to the growing list of protected birds of prey illegally killed […] from Raptor Persecution UK https://ift.tt/3b7lt67 via IFTTT

This is worth a watch. A BBC documentary series called Amazing Hotels: Life Beyond the Lobby featured the Swinton Estate in Nidderdale, North Yorkshire a couple of weeks ago. The owner of the estate, Mark Cunliffe-Lister (also known as Lord Masham) also happens to be the Chair of the Moorland Association, the lobby group for […] from Raptor Persecution UK https://ift.tt/3r7KDHc via IFTTT

This is worth a watch. A BBC documentary series called Amazing Hotels: Life Beyond the Lobby featured the Swinton Estate in Nidderdale, North Yorkshire a couple of weeks ago. The owner of the estate, Mark Cunliffe-Lister (also known as Lord Masham) also happens to be the Chair of the Moorland Association, the lobby group for […] RaptorPersecutionUK https://ift.tt/3r7KDHc

Press release from OneKind (1st March 2021) Protections for mountain hares have come into force from today, in what campaigners are calling National Mountain Hare Day. The new regulations mean that it is illegal to intentionally kill, injure or take mountain hares without a licence. They were passed after pressure from Scottish Green MSP Alison […] from Raptor Persecution UK https://ift.tt/3bN3Gjv via IFTTT

Press release from OneKind (1st March 2021) Protections for mountain hares have come into force from today, in what campaigners are calling National Mountain Hare Day. The new regulations mean that it is illegal to intentionally kill, injure or take mountain hares without a licence. They were passed after pressure from Scottish Green MSP Alison […] RaptorPersecutionUK https://ift.tt/3bN3Gjv

NEW CAMPAIGN from Wildlife and Countryside Link (1st March 2021) The Prime Minister has called on world leaders to turn round nature’s decline by 2030. But there’s no commitment in law to do the same here at home. The Environment Bill is the last chance to set this right.  By writing the recovery of nature […] from Raptor Persecution UK https://ift.tt/3b1GLSw via IFTTT

NEW CAMPAIGN from Wildlife and Countryside Link (1st March 2021) The Prime Minister has called on world leaders to turn round nature’s decline by 2030. But there’s no commitment in law to do the same here at home. The Environment Bill is the last chance to set this right.  By writing the recovery of nature […] RaptorPersecutionUK https://ift.tt/3b1GLSw