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Raptor Persecution UK To highlight the relentless persecution of raptors in the UK on gamebird shooting estates.

143 Hen Harriers confirmed 'missing' or illegally killed in UK since 2018, most of them on or close to grouse moors. The...
24/07/2025

143 Hen Harriers confirmed 'missing' or illegally killed in UK since 2018, most of them on or close to grouse moors.

There are at least 14 other cases still to be publicised.

Continued inaction from Defra Ministers enables this criminality.

New blog:

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…

Hen Harrier chicks fledge with RSPB support after suspicious loss of parent birds.Press release from RSPB & a series of ...
24/07/2025

Hen Harrier chicks fledge with RSPB support after suspicious loss of parent birds.

Press release from RSPB & a series of questions from me ⬇️⬇️

RSPB press release (24 July 2025) Chicks fledge with RSPB support after suspicious loss of parent Hen Harriers.  In May 2025, over a period of eight days, four breeding male Hen Harriers suspi…

Defra's announcement on forthcoming lead ammunition ban in UK leads to extraordinary gaslighting exercise by game-shooti...
23/07/2025

Defra's announcement on forthcoming lead ammunition ban in UK leads to extraordinary gaslighting exercise by game-shooting organisations.

Two weeks ago Defra made it’s long-awaited announcement that a ban on the sale and use of toxic lead ammunition (with limited exceptions) would be coming in to force across England, Wales and…

Trial date for Scottish gamekeeper accused of killing a Goshawk on a Perthshire shooting estate.NB: Comments turned off ...
23/07/2025

Trial date for Scottish gamekeeper accused of killing a Goshawk on a Perthshire shooting estate.

NB: Comments turned off as criminal proceedings are live ⚖️

A trial date has been set for a Scottish gamekeeper who has been charged with killing a Goshawk on a Perthshire shooting estate last year (see here). Goshawk photo by Pete Walkden The alleged incid…

Good news!Three Peregrines fledge successfully at St Albans Cathedral as police investigation continues into trampling o...
22/07/2025

Good news!

Three Peregrines fledge successfully at St Albans Cathedral as police investigation continues into trampling of first clutch of eggs.

Good news! Three young peregrines have successfully fledged from St Albans Cathedral in Hertfordshire. This is the site where the breeding pair’s first clutch of eggs was trampled on in April…

Press release from Defra: Toxic lead ammunition banned to protect Britain's countryside.About bloody time, but well done...
09/07/2025

Press release from Defra: Toxic lead ammunition banned to protect Britain's countryside.

About bloody time, but well done Defra 👏

Press release from Defra (10 July 2025): TOXIC LEAD AMMUNITION BANNED TO PROTECT BRITAIN’S COUNTRYSIDE New ban on use of lead in ammunition to protect iconic wildlife and clean up the nation’…

Defra refuses funding for another futile dialogue process to address ongoing illegal killing of Hen Harriers on grouse m...
09/07/2025

Defra refuses funding for another futile dialogue process to address ongoing illegal killing of Hen Harriers on grouse moors.

Glad Defra has seen sense on this.

Back in March 2025 I blogged about the prospect of another futile ‘dialogue’ process between gamebird shooters and conservationists, purportedly to find a ‘solution’ to the ongoing ille…

Intensive grouse moor management ahead of muirburn licensing in Scotland.
08/07/2025

Intensive grouse moor management ahead of muirburn licensing in Scotland.

A couple of weeks ago I blogged about the Scottish Government’s and NatureScot’s decision to delay the introduction of muirburn licensing, which was due to begin on 15 September 2025 bu…

Land reform campaigner Andy Wightman details how difficult it still is to identify the beneficial owners of some Scottis...
07/07/2025

Land reform campaigner Andy Wightman details how difficult it still is to identify the beneficial owners of some Scottish estates, despite new legislation that was supposed to make it easier.

On 2 May 2025, Police Scotland issued a press statement about how two men had been charged in relation to the illegal killing of Red Kites in the grouse moor-dominated Strathdon area of the Cairngo…

Defra withdraws licence for release of gamebirds on Special Protection Areas due to high risk of Avian Flu - BASC starts...
07/07/2025

Defra withdraws licence for release of gamebirds on Special Protection Areas due to high risk of Avian Flu - BASC starts legal challenge....just as Avian Flu cases begin to rise again.

In 2020, Wild Justice won a significant legal challenge against Defra, forcing it to introduce a licensing scheme for the release of gamebirds (Pheasants & Red-legged Partridges) on or near Nat…

Northern Ireland Minister commits to taking action on illegal poisoning of birds of prey ☠️🦅Thank you Andrew Muir MLA & ...
06/07/2025

Northern Ireland Minister commits to taking action on illegal poisoning of birds of prey ☠️🦅

Thank you Andrew Muir MLA & huge congrats to the Northern Ireland Raptor Study Group for an excellent campaign 👏

Details in blog 👇👇

Some very good news from Northern Ireland. Andrew Muir MLA, Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs made the following statement in the Northern Ireland Assembly this week: “Th…

RSPB response to Westminster Hall debate on banning driven grouse shooting.New blog ⬇️⬇️
05/07/2025

RSPB response to Westminster Hall debate on banning driven grouse shooting.

New blog ⬇️⬇️

The RSPB did a fair bit of lobbying and campaigning on the back of the recent Wild Justice petition calling for a ban on driven grouse shooting. Although agreeing with Wild Justice on the various p…

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