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This is the grim story of Asta , a young satellite-tagged hen harrier .
Wildlife is just collateral when it comes to driven grouse shooting – it must be banned .
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Wildlife is just collateral when it comes to driven grouse shooting – it must be banned .
Add your name petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
March 6, 2025 at 11:19 AM
This is the grim story of Asta , a young satellite-tagged hen harrier .
Wildlife is just collateral when it comes to driven grouse shooting – it must be banned .
Add your name petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Wildlife is just collateral when it comes to driven grouse shooting – it must be banned .
Add your name petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
134 hen harriers confirmed 'missing' or illegally killed in UK since 2018, most of them on or close to grouse moors raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/02/22/1...
134 hen harriers confirmed ‘missing’ or illegally killed in UK since 2018, most of them on or close to grouse moors
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…
raptorpersecutionuk.org
February 22, 2025 at 7:31 PM
134 hen harriers confirmed 'missing' or illegally killed in UK since 2018, most of them on or close to grouse moors raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/02/22/1...
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Please sign - it's time to end the cruel and useless cull of badgers, even the Government has said it is ineffective!
56% of the way there! Let's keep pushing hard! Sign here: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
February 17, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Please sign - it's time to end the cruel and useless cull of badgers, even the Government has said it is ineffective!
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The SGA claimed the programme caused "unfair reputation [sic] damage".
Nope, reputational damage is not being caused by the BBC reporting the evidence, it's being caused by criminal gamekeepers who continue to kill birds of prey.
#RaptorResearch
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/02/17/b...
Nope, reputational damage is not being caused by the BBC reporting the evidence, it's being caused by criminal gamekeepers who continue to kill birds of prey.
#RaptorResearch
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/02/17/b...
BBC rejects Scottish Gamekeepers Association’s complaint about programme that linked raptor persecution to land managed for gamebird shooting
Last November the BBC aired an episode of Highland Cops (Series 2, Episode 4) that featured a Police Scotland Wildlife Crime Officer, PC Dan Sutherland, investigating the suspicious disappearance o…
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February 17, 2025 at 10:14 AM
The SGA claimed the programme caused "unfair reputation [sic] damage".
Nope, reputational damage is not being caused by the BBC reporting the evidence, it's being caused by criminal gamekeepers who continue to kill birds of prey.
#RaptorResearch
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/02/17/b...
Nope, reputational damage is not being caused by the BBC reporting the evidence, it's being caused by criminal gamekeepers who continue to kill birds of prey.
#RaptorResearch
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/02/17/b...
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⚠️ A reminder to please report all sightings of dead birds for possible testing for Avian Influenza. In England, Wales & Scotland, contact Defra, in Northern Ireland contact @daera-ni.gov.uk & in Republic of Ireland gov.ie. Please ALSO report them to @birdtrack.bsky.social. Thank you. #UKBirding
February 14, 2025 at 3:54 PM
⚠️ A reminder to please report all sightings of dead birds for possible testing for Avian Influenza. In England, Wales & Scotland, contact Defra, in Northern Ireland contact @daera-ni.gov.uk & in Republic of Ireland gov.ie. Please ALSO report them to @birdtrack.bsky.social. Thank you. #UKBirding
Petition to ban possession of dangerous, raptor-killing pesticides in Northern Ireland approaches deadline: please sign raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/02/13/p...
Petition to ban possession of dangerous, raptor-killing pesticides in Northern Ireland approaches deadline: please sign
Your help is needed to ensure a petition, calling for a ban on the possession of dangerous, raptor-killing pesticides in Northern Ireland, passes the target of 50,000 signatures before next week. T…
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February 13, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Petition to ban possession of dangerous, raptor-killing pesticides in Northern Ireland approaches deadline: please sign raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/02/13/p...
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Wow, wow, wow. What a sunset just now on the Isle of Harris. Lenticular clouds glowing pink over the Harris hills!
February 6, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Wow, wow, wow. What a sunset just now on the Isle of Harris. Lenticular clouds glowing pink over the Harris hills!
February 6, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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Self regulation never works - it's a means of delaying true action
Yet another example of the grouse shooting industry's failure to self-regulate.
Excellent new scientific paper from Prof Rhys Green, Dr Mark Taggart and Dr Debbie Pain et al includes hilarious (unsubstantiated) claims from Moorland Association.
#BanLeadNow
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/02/06/n...
Excellent new scientific paper from Prof Rhys Green, Dr Mark Taggart and Dr Debbie Pain et al includes hilarious (unsubstantiated) claims from Moorland Association.
#BanLeadNow
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/02/06/n...
New scientific paper shows toxic lead ammunition still used to shoot red grouse – the industry’s so-called 5 yr ‘voluntary transition’ has spectacularly failed
A new scientific paper has been published today that demonstrates the shooting industry’s so-called 5-year ‘voluntary transition’ away from the use of toxic lead ammunition has sp…
raptorpersecutionuk.org
February 6, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Self regulation never works - it's a means of delaying true action
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The gamebird shooting industry once again sticking up two fingers to the rest of society.
#Ornithology #UKBirding #BirdFlu
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/01/28/s...
#Ornithology #UKBirding #BirdFlu
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/01/28/s...
Shot pheasants dumped in Lincolnshire during heightened risk of Avian Influenza
A blog reader has sent in this photograph of shot pheasants that had been dumped by a roadside in Lincolnshire. Regular blog readers will know that this is a common and widespread illegal practice …
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January 28, 2025 at 12:27 PM
The gamebird shooting industry once again sticking up two fingers to the rest of society.
#Ornithology #UKBirding #BirdFlu
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/01/28/s...
#Ornithology #UKBirding #BirdFlu
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/01/28/s...
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Anybody surprised?
The Hen Harrier remains one of the most persecuted birds of prey in the UK, mostly killed on or close to grouse moors.
#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime #Ornithology #UKBirding
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/01/29/t...
The Hen Harrier remains one of the most persecuted birds of prey in the UK, mostly killed on or close to grouse moors.
#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime #Ornithology #UKBirding
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/01/29/t...
Three more satellite-tagged hen harriers have gone ‘missing’ & two more found dead, awaiting post mortem
Natural England has just published its latest update on the fates of the satellite-tracked hen harriers it has tagged and subsequently been tracking. This latest update (dated Dec 2024) shows that …
raptorpersecutionuk.org
January 29, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Anybody surprised?
The Hen Harrier remains one of the most persecuted birds of prey in the UK, mostly killed on or close to grouse moors.
#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime #Ornithology #UKBirding
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/01/29/t...
The Hen Harrier remains one of the most persecuted birds of prey in the UK, mostly killed on or close to grouse moors.
#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime #Ornithology #UKBirding
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/01/29/t...
133 hen harriers confirmed 'missing' or illegally killed in UK since 2018, most of them on or close to grouse moors raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/01/30/1...
133 hen harriers confirmed ‘missing’ or illegally killed in UK since 2018, most of them on or close to grouse moors
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…
raptorpersecutionuk.org
February 6, 2025 at 4:00 PM
133 hen harriers confirmed 'missing' or illegally killed in UK since 2018, most of them on or close to grouse moors raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/01/30/1...
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every day we see more and more evidence of society descending into utter lawlessness and chaos
February 6, 2025 at 12:32 PM
every day we see more and more evidence of society descending into utter lawlessness and chaos
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Yet another example of the grouse shooting industry's failure to self-regulate.
Excellent new scientific paper from Prof Rhys Green, Dr Mark Taggart and Dr Debbie Pain et al includes hilarious (unsubstantiated) claims from Moorland Association.
#BanLeadNow
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/02/06/n...
Excellent new scientific paper from Prof Rhys Green, Dr Mark Taggart and Dr Debbie Pain et al includes hilarious (unsubstantiated) claims from Moorland Association.
#BanLeadNow
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/02/06/n...
New scientific paper shows toxic lead ammunition still used to shoot red grouse – the industry’s so-called 5 yr ‘voluntary transition’ has spectacularly failed
A new scientific paper has been published today that demonstrates the shooting industry’s so-called 5-year ‘voluntary transition’ away from the use of toxic lead ammunition has sp…
raptorpersecutionuk.org
February 6, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Yet another example of the grouse shooting industry's failure to self-regulate.
Excellent new scientific paper from Prof Rhys Green, Dr Mark Taggart and Dr Debbie Pain et al includes hilarious (unsubstantiated) claims from Moorland Association.
#BanLeadNow
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/02/06/n...
Excellent new scientific paper from Prof Rhys Green, Dr Mark Taggart and Dr Debbie Pain et al includes hilarious (unsubstantiated) claims from Moorland Association.
#BanLeadNow
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/02/06/n...
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Goldfinch on feeder, not looking too happy about another goldfinch flying in! @bto-gbw.bsky.social
#birds #GardenBirds #WildBirds
#birds #GardenBirds #WildBirds
January 28, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Goldfinch on feeder, not looking too happy about another goldfinch flying in! @bto-gbw.bsky.social
#birds #GardenBirds #WildBirds
#birds #GardenBirds #WildBirds
January 28, 2025 at 11:52 AM