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George Liston
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Retired RAF officer, recent Non-executive Director and Chair of the Board of a National sporting governing body. Wildlife lover, food lover, husband.
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Appeal for information about the shot Peregrine in Leicestershire.

Believed to have been shot with an air rifle between 21st - 23rd December 2025.

Further details & police crime reference number in blog ⬇️

#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime

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Appeal for information about the shot Peregrine in Leicestershire
Further to this morning’s blog about a Peregrine being euthanised after being found with gunshot injuries in Leicestershire (see here), the Leicestershire Wildlife Hospital has released more …
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December 24, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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The arrest of Greta Thunberg for peacefully opposing genocide and supporting those on hunger strike is wrongful and disturbing.

This is yet another shocking example of the UK’s broad terrorism laws being used to target those exercising their right to freedom of expression and assembly rights.
December 24, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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Our 2025 version of "Carol of the Bells" - originally a Ukrainian New Year celebration song "Shchedryk" - music 1st written by Mykola Leontovych in Pokrovsk (now under Russian occupation). The composer would be murdered by a Soviet agent in 1921.
#SlavaUkraïni
#dontabandonthem

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"Carol of the Bells" / "Shchedryk" - Marsh Family adaptation of Ukrainian New Year song for 2026
YouTube video by Marsh Family
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December 23, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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Lockerbie #OnThisDay theorkneynews.scot/2025/12/21/l...
Lockerbie #OnThisDay
On 21 December 1988  the Boeing 747 Clipper Maid of the Seas was destroyed by a bomb while flying over the town of Lockerbie, Scotland killing all 243 passengers and 16 crew aboard. Large sections …
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December 21, 2025 at 7:03 AM
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raptorpersuk.bsky.social
More detail about the missing White-tailed Eagle in mid-Wales.

Not the first investigation into raptor persecution in this area.

Press release from Dyfed-Powys Police & commentary from me 🔽

#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime @iolowilliams.bsky.social

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More detail about the missing White-tailed Eagle in mid-Wales
Further to the news on Thursday (here) that three White-tailed Eagles have ‘disappeared’ in suspicious circumstances, one in England, one in Wales and one in Scotland, Dyfed-Powys Police has issued…
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December 19, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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Guardians of the countryside at it again...guardianing birds of prey to death.
December 17, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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Police investigate after white-tailed eagles go missing across UK
Police investigate after white-tailed eagles go missing across UK
Conservationists appeal to public for help after rare birds disappear in suspicious circumstances
www.theguardian.com
December 17, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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BBC Scotland again bigging up Reform UK's council by-election win in West Lothian. It's the second time BBC Scotland has publicised it. No mention of the winning candidate's questionable past or the scandals besetting the party.

BBC Scotland NEVER gives this much publicity to SNP or the Greens.
December 18, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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Following the disgraceful Reform UK puff piece on BBC Scotland's Och Aye the News this evening, more proof that the BBC is normalising the far right. BBC Scotland prefers Anglo-British fascism to Scottish independence.

www.thenational.scot/news/2570913...
BBC executives rule that Tommy Robinson is 'far right' – but Reform UK are not
BBC executives have ruled that the broadcaster can accurately label Stephen Yaxley-Lennon “far right”
www.thenational.scot
December 18, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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raptorpersuk.bsky.social
THREE satellite-tagged White-tailed Eagles disappear in suspicious circumstances in England, Wales & Scotland - two tags had been cut off.

Press release from Isle of Wight WTE Project Team & additional commentary from me ⬇️⬇️

#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime

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Three satellite-tagged White-tailed Eagles disappear in suspicious circumstances in England, Wales & Scotland – two tags had been cut off
Press release from Forestry England (17 December 2025) THREE WHITE-TAILED EAGLES DISAPPEAR IN SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES The public are being asked to help the police investigate the suspicious disap…
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December 17, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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39 geese and one pigeon, shot & then dumped on a road in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire.

Many of them had had their breasts cut off prior to being dumped.

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40 shot birds dumped on road in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
Thirty-nine geese and one pigeon have been found shot and dumped, literally on the road, in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, according to an article in the Eastern Daily Press (EDP) posted on 10 December 2…
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December 12, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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Snares are a crime against wildlife, but in England we allow them. Labour made a manifesto commitment to ban them - they need to deliver that. For Wildlife's sake.
December 11, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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Great cause!
December 11, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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raptorpersuk.bsky.social
Another Hen Harrier suspected illegally killed on a grouse moor, her satellite tag had been 'removed'.

Details and commentary ⬇️⬇️

#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime

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Another Hen Harrier suspected illegally killed on a grouse moor, her satellite tag had been ‘removed’
Over the last few weeks I’ve blogged about a number of illegally-killed Hen Harriers whose deaths have been barely publicised by the authorities, but instead have been quietly entered onto a …
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December 11, 2025 at 4:01 AM
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For much much more on the profiteers behind Britain's catastrophic pandemic failure, check out 'VIP Lane' by @russellscott1.bsky.social

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December 9, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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gavinyamey.bsky.social
We must never forget: it wasn’t just the kooky Great Barrington Declaration dudes who promoted RFK Jr & his anti-vaxx BS—it was also some magazines, like The New Yorker, which celebrated him as a “maverick” who would take on “the establishment”

RFK Jr’s hype men will have dead kids as their legacy
newyorker.com The New Yorker @newyorker.com · May 22
For all his unfounded beliefs and suspicions, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.,’s revolt isn’t against research but against the power long held by scientific insiders—and in this he might have a point, Daniel Immerwahr writes.
R.F.K., Jr., Anthony Fauci, and the Revolt Against Expertise
It used to be progressives who distrusted the experts. What happened?
www.newyorker.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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Ultra-processed foods: time to put health before profit - The Lancet www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Ultra-processed foods: time to put health before profit
The rise of ultra-processed foods (UPFs) in human diets is damaging public health, fuelling chronic diseases worldwide, and deepening health inequalities. Addressing this challenge requires a unified ...
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December 6, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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Missing 13yr old
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Missing Scottish schoolgirl, 13, prompts urgent police appeal
Urgent police appeal after 13 year-old girl goes missing
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December 6, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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My latest blog piece, just days after the Scottish Languages Act comes into force, Farage attacks Glasgow school kids in order to scaremonger about immigration. A new low even by his disgusting standards.

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Farage’s contemptible attack on Glesca weans
Nigel Farage has been a racist bully again. But don’t worry, he’s only doing it indirectly and without intent to offend or insult. So that’s OK then. Just days after the Scottish …
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December 3, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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Over £500,000 of public money spent on a doomed attempt to "reintroduce" European hen harriers to the UK.

It seems Natural England will do anything to avoid confronting the landowners, hunters, farmers and game keepers who persecute these birds. They also go to great lengths to avoid transparency.
December 2, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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raptorpersuk.bsky.social
Goshawk dies from gunshot injuries in Aberdeenshire. Police Scotland appeals for information.

#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime #BirdingScotland

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Goshawk dies from gunshot injuries in Aberdeenshire – Police Scotland appeals for information
Press release from Police Scotland (1 December 2025): APPEAL FOR INFORMATION AFTER BIRD OF PREY SHOT IN ABERDEENSHIRE Officers are appealing for information after a bird of prey was shot in Aberdee…
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December 1, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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Hen Harrier found poisoned on a grouse moor in North Yorkshire.

Once again, details have only come to light through scrutiny of a spreadsheet - where's the publicity from the Police? This is supposed to be a national wildlife crime priority!

#RaptorResearch

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Hen Harrier found poisoned on a grouse moor in North Yorkshire
I’ve blogged recently about a number of illegally-killed Hen Harriers whose deaths have not been publicised by the authorities (Hen Harrier ‘Susie’ who was found dead with gunshot…
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December 1, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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The UK uses c227,000 miles of wrapping paper each year – & an estimated 83 square kilometres of wrapping paper isn't recycled. So choosing sustainable wrapping paper, & disposing of it responsibly by recycling, is an important way to cut Christmas waste.
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Gifts wrapped with red and white Christmas paper and tied with ribbons
November 30, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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Massive decline in Scotland's Cairngorms National Park Peregrine population linked to intensive grouse moor management.

Press release from Cairngorms National Park Authority, copy of the new report, & commentary from me ⬇️⬇️

#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime

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Massive decline in Cairngorms National Park Peregrine population linked to intensive grouse moor management
Press release from Cairngorms National Park Authority (24 November 2025) PEREGRINE NUMBERS IN DECLINE IN CAIRNGORMS NATIONAL PARK The last UK-wide survey of peregrines took place in 2014 and covere…
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November 30, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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More money for the NHS in the budget? Not really. www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/news-item/nu...
Nuffield Trust response to Autumn Budget
Sally Gainsbury responds to the Autumn Budget.
www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk
November 28, 2025 at 7:43 PM