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Welsh Government under fire for failing to implement gamebird regulations amidst heightened risk of bird flu.Join RSPB C...
18/09/2025

Welsh Government under fire for failing to implement gamebird regulations amidst heightened risk of bird flu.

Join RSPB Cymru in calling on the Welsh Deputy First Minister
to act on NRW's advice (issued 2 years ago!) for proper controls & oversight.

Details in blog ⬇️⬇️

The RSPB has, justifiably, grown tired of waiting for the Welsh Government to implement regulations on the release of millions of non-native gamebirds (Pheasants and Red-legged Partridges) and want…

Change of trial date for Scottish gamekeeper accused of killing a goshawk on a Perthshire shooting estate.NB: Comments t...
17/09/2025

Change of trial date for Scottish gamekeeper accused of killing a goshawk on a Perthshire shooting estate.

NB: Comments turned off as criminal proceedings are live ⚖️

Case details ⬇️

The trial date has been changed for a Scottish gamekeeper who has been charged with killing a Goshawk on a Perthshire shooting estate last year. Goshawk photo by Pete Walkden The alleged incident t…

GOOD NEWS! Natural England pulls the plug on 'reintroduction' of Hen Harriers to southern England.This was a massive dis...
16/09/2025

GOOD NEWS! Natural England pulls the plug on 'reintroduction' of Hen Harriers to southern England.

This was a massive distraction project, intended to draw attention away from the ongoing illegal killing on northern grouse moors.

New blog ⬇️⬇️

It’s been a long time coming, but today Natural England has announced it is finally pulling the plug on it’s project to ‘reintroduce’ Hen Harriers to southern England. It ma…

Government's peatland 'burning ban' - a step in the right direction but a total ban is needed. Guest blog by Bob Berzins...
16/09/2025

Government's peatland 'burning ban' - a step in the right direction but a total ban is needed. Guest blog by Bob Berzins.

This is a guest blog written by conservation campaigner and author Bob Berzins who has written previously on this blog here, here, here, here, here, here, here and here. The recent changes to moorl…

Lincolnshire Police launch investigation as 7 dead birds of prey found in raptor persecution hotspot.Excellent multi-age...
12/09/2025

Lincolnshire Police launch investigation as 7 dead birds of prey found in raptor persecution hotspot.

Excellent multi-agency working from Lincolnshire Police Rural Crime Action Team, RSPB Investigations & National Wildlife Crime Unit.

Detail in blog.

From Lincolnshire Police (11 September 2025) Officers from Lincolnshire Police Rural Crime Action Team are investigating after a number of dead birds of prey were found in the countryside between B…

More excellent news: UK government bans burning on deep peat in England.Govt responded to the science rather than the hy...
09/09/2025

More excellent news: UK government bans burning on deep peat in England.

Govt responded to the science rather than the hysteria & rhetoric of the grouse shooting industry 👏

Ban comes into force 30 Sept 2025.

Defra press release ⬇️

Press release from Defra (9 September 2025) BURNING BANNED ON ENGLAND’S DEEP PEAT TO PROTECT WILDLIFE Ban on burning heather and grass on deep peat extended to improve air quality for local c…

📢BREAKING NEWS - & it's EXCELLENT news!Judge rules RSPB covert video surveillance IS ADMISSIBLE EVIDENCE in prosecution ...
09/09/2025

📢BREAKING NEWS - & it's EXCELLENT news!

Judge rules RSPB covert video surveillance IS ADMISSIBLE EVIDENCE in prosecution of gamekeeper Racster Dingwall, who's alleged to have been involved in the shooting of a Hen Harrier on a Yorkshire Dales grouse moor. Mr Dingwall has pleaded not guilty.

Case now moves to trial.

Comments turned off as criminal proceedings are still live ⚖️

New blog 👇

BREAKING NEWS….AND IT’S EXCELLENT NEWS! The District Judge presiding at York Magistrates Court has today ruled that the RSPB’s covert video and audio surveillance is to be conside…

Gamekeeper Racster Dingwall back in court today for case relating to Hen Harrier shooting on a grouse moor in Yorkshire ...
09/09/2025

Gamekeeper Racster Dingwall back in court today for case relating to Hen Harrier shooting on a grouse moor in Yorkshire Dales National Park, Oct '24. He has pleaded not guilty.

NB: Comments turned off as criminal proceedings are live ⚖️

New blog ⬇️

Gamekeeper Racster Dingwall, 34, will appear at York Magistrates Court today for a hearing linked to his alleged involvement with the shooting of a Hen Harrier on a grouse moor (Coniston & Gras…

Comprehensive evidence review on effects of grouse moor burning on biodiversity, carbon & water - a report the shooting ...
08/09/2025

Comprehensive evidence review on effects of grouse moor burning on biodiversity, carbon & water - a report the shooting industry doesn't seem keen to promote.

New blog 👇👇

Over the last few months you’ve probably noticed that the grouse-shooting industry has been ramping up its rhetoric about the so-called virtues of what it calls ‘managed burning’ …

RSPB announces another record year for Hen Harriers on United Utilities land in the Forest of Bowland.Elsewhere, HH bree...
05/09/2025

RSPB announces another record year for Hen Harriers on United Utilities land in the Forest of Bowland.

Elsewhere, HH breeding results on privately-owned grouse moors are down for another year.

Statement from the RSPB (4 September 2025) ANOTHER RECORD YEAR FOR HEN HARRIERS IN THE FOREST OF BOWLAND Hen Harriers are one of the most charismatic yet also most threatened bird species nesting i…

Statement from Northern England Raptor Forum (NERF) on collapse of Yorkshire Dales Bird of Prey 'partnership'.Good insig...
04/09/2025

Statement from Northern England Raptor Forum (NERF) on collapse of Yorkshire Dales Bird of Prey 'partnership'.

Good insight from NERF about why these so-called 'partnerships' repeatedly fail.

Last month I welcomed the decision by the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority to terminate the so-called ‘Bird of Prey Partnership’, after its abject failure over five years to tack…

Peregrine from Charing X Hospital in London found with shotgun pellet in leg.Great work by Fulham & Barnes Peregrine Pro...
03/09/2025

Peregrine from Charing X Hospital in London found with shotgun pellet in leg.

Great work by Fulham & Barnes Peregrine Project & South Essex Wildlife Hospital means Tom has a good chance of recovery.

New blog ⬇️⬇️

One of London’s resident breeding Peregrines, Tom, from Charing Cross Hospital in Hammersmith, is receiving veterinary care after an x-ray revealed a shotgun pellet lodged in his leg. Accordi…

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