FIRECREST TOURS : Guided Birdwatching & Wildlife Days

In 2017, Chris Packham and I, in collaboration with Dave Anderson and a number of eagle experts in the Scottish Raptor Study Group began satellite-tracking golden eagles in Scotland as part of a wider scientific research project to understand more about the ecology of young dispersing eagles and their conservation requirements. We’ve tagged birds in […] RaptorPersecutionUK https://ift.tt/2QBmBaJ

In 2017, Chris Packham and I, in collaboration with Dave Anderson and a number of eagle experts in the Scottish Raptor Study Group began satellite-tracking golden eagles in Scotland as part of a wider scientific research project to understand more about the ecology of young dispersing eagles and their conservation requirements. We’ve tagged birds in […] from Raptor Persecution UK https://ift.tt/2QBmBaJ via IFTTT

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/3vAEVzx

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/3vAEVzx via IFTTT

Press release from RSPB (29th April 2021) Another hen harrier disappears in suspicious circumstances Yet another satellite-tagged hen harrier has disappeared in suspicious circumstances at a crucial time in the breeding season. Yarrow, a female hen harrier, hatched in the Scottish Borders in summer 2020. She was fitted with a satellite tag, which provided scientists […] RaptorPersecutionUK https://ift.tt/3nuOFsh

Press release from RSPB (29th April 2021) Another hen harrier disappears in suspicious circumstances Yet another satellite-tagged hen harrier has disappeared in suspicious circumstances at a crucial time in the breeding season. Yarrow, a female hen harrier, hatched in the Scottish Borders in summer 2020. She was fitted with a satellite tag, which provided scientists […] from Raptor Persecution UK https://ift.tt/3nuOFsh via IFTTT

Cast your mind back to August 2020 for a minute. We were still waiting for the Scottish Government’s response to the Werritty Review (would they licence grouse shooting or not?) and bad news linking raptor persecution and grouse shooting was all over the press in the run up to the Inglorious 12th, the opening of […] RaptorPersecutionUK https://ift.tt/3t1Y7o7