FIRECREST TOURS : Guided Birdwatching & Wildlife Days

Thanks to everyone who emailed First Minister Nicola Sturgeon following the recent raptor persecution atrocities that have been reported from a number of Scottish grouse moors ( a dead spring-trapped hen harrier found on a grouse moor in Perthshire (here), the suspicious disappearance, within a few hours of each other, of two satellite tagged golden […] RaptorPersecutionUK https://raptorpersecutionscotland.wordpress.com/2019/07/30/scottish-governments-response-to-ongoing-illegal-raptor-persecution/

Thanks to everyone who emailed First Minister Nicola Sturgeon following the recent raptor persecution atrocities that have been reported from a number of Scottish grouse moors ( a dead spring-trapped hen harrier found on a grouse moor in Perthshire (here), the suspicious disappearance, within a few hours of each other, of two satellite tagged golden […] from Raptor Persecution UK https://ift.tt/2YsRwUb via IFTTT

The Scottish Government has recently launched a short public consultation, seeking views on a substantial increase of penalties for wildlife crime. This has been a long time coming. Six years, in fact. In 2013, the then Environment Minister Paul Wheelhouse commissioned a review on whether penalties for wildlife crime should be increased, as a direct […] RaptorPersecutionUK https://raptorpersecutionscotland.wordpress.com/2019/07/29/scottish-government-ready-to-increase-penalties-for-wildlife-crime-this-is-significant/

The Scottish Government has recently launched a short public consultation, seeking views on a substantial increase of penalties for wildlife crime. This has been a long time coming. Six years, in fact. In 2013, the then Environment Minister Paul Wheelhouse commissioned a review on whether penalties for wildlife crime should be increased, as a direct […] from Raptor Persecution UK https://ift.tt/2YtrWT5 via IFTTT

Good grief, you couldn’t make this up. A couple of weeks ago Mark Avery & Chris Packham were invited to participate in a question & answer session at this weekend’s Game Fair. They’d been invited (and had accepted the invite) by Charlie Jacoby, someone who claims to be a journalist but who doesn’t seem to […] RaptorPersecutionUK https://raptorpersecutionscotland.wordpress.com/2019/07/25/conservationists-packham-avery-risked-violence-from-shooters-at-game-fair-according-to-shooting-industry-reps/

Good grief, you couldn’t make this up. A couple of weeks ago Mark Avery & Chris Packham were invited to participate in a question & answer session at this weekend’s Game Fair. They’d been invited (and had accepted the invite) by Charlie Jacoby, someone who claims to be a journalist but who doesn’t seem to […] from Raptor Persecution UK https://ift.tt/2Zcr0j4 via IFTTT

We’ve been watching with interest how the game-shooting industry has reacted to the news that Scottish gamekeeper Alan Wilson has pleaded guilty to nine wildlife crimes on the Longformacus Estate in south Scotland. We are especially interested to find out whether (a) Wilson is/was a member of the Scottish Gamekeepers Organisation when he committed his […] RaptorPersecutionUK https://raptorpersecutionscotland.wordpress.com/2019/07/24/how-has-the-game-shooting-industry-reacted-to-conviction-of-scottish-gamekeeper-alan-wilson/