FIRECREST TOURS : Guided Birdwatching & Wildlife Days

A couple of months ago an article was published in the Mail on Sunday about the ‘mysterious’ death of a satellite-tagged goshawk on the Queen’s Sandringham Estate in Norfolk (see here). We blogged about it (here) and mentioned a number of other raptor-related police investigations that had been undertaken on or near the estate. On […] Read in full at Raptor Persecution UK http://ift.tt/2qmFv29

As we await the long-overdue decision on whether the Scottish Government will approve an increase in investigatory powers for the SSPCA (see here), the SSPCA has today published a short briefing note which has been sent to all MSPs to encourage their support of this change in legislation. It’s a fantastic briefing note, short, succinct […] Read in full at Raptor Persecution UK http://ift.tt/2qa8VRX

The Northern England Raptor Forum (NERF) has published a damning criticism of DEFRA’s Hen Harrier Action Plan in what it describes as a Year 1 Assessment. The Plan, as you know, was wheeled out by DEFRA in January 2016 and has been widely criticised by conservation organisations, not least for including the controversial element of […] Read in full at Raptor Persecution UK http://ift.tt/2oMjKYv

More ‘facts’ (bollocks) about hen harrier conservation from the Moorland Association – here. Read in full at Raptor Persecution UK http://ift.tt/2q6njuu

As many of you will be aware, we are currently awaiting the publication of a review of raptor satellite tag data in Scotland. This review was commissioned in August 2016 by Environment Cabinet Secretary Roseanna Cunningham, in response to the news that eight satellite-tagged golden eagles had all ‘disappeared’ in the Monadhliaths. She said she […] Read in full at Raptor Persecution UK http://ift.tt/2pyT8io

Two weeks ago, we blogged about how the Crown Office & Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS – the public prosecutors in Scotland) had dropped a long-running vicarious liability prosecution against landowner Andrew Duncan, who was alleged to have been vicariously liable for the crimes of his gamekeeper, who had killed a buzzard on the Newlands Estate […] Read in full at Raptor Persecution UK http://ift.tt/2pf0KDE

Serial raptor persecution denier Doug McAdam is to stand down as CEO of Scottish Land & Estates, according to a statement on SLE website (here). We’ll miss his persistent and unsupported claims that raptor persecution is in decline, that grouse moor management is great for biodiversity, that raptors thrive on driven grouse moors, that grouse […] Read in full at Raptor Persecution UK http://ift.tt/2pe4u8v