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Raptor Persecution UK
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Raptor Persecution UK @raptorpersuk.bsky.social · 4h
Scottish Government delays start of muirburn licences for the second time after aggressive lobbying by grouse shooting industry.

Climate emergency, anyone?

Seems Scot Gov more interested in appeasing the lairds than protecting the environment.

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Scottish Government delays start of muirburn licences (for the second time) after aggressive lobbying by grouse shooting industry
The Scottish Government has, for the second time, delayed the implementation of muirburn licensing after caving in to pressure from aggressive lobbying by the grouse shooting industry. A quick re-c…
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Raptor Persecution UK @raptorpersuk.bsky.social · 4h
Scottish Government delays start of muirburn licences for the second time after aggressive lobbying by grouse shooting industry.

Climate emergency, anyone?

Seems Scot Gov more interested in appeasing the lairds than protecting the environment.

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Scottish Government delays start of muirburn licences (for the second time) after aggressive lobbying by grouse shooting industry
The Scottish Government has, for the second time, delayed the implementation of muirburn licensing after caving in to pressure from aggressive lobbying by the grouse shooting industry. A quick re-c…
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Raptor Persecution UK @raptorpersuk.bsky.social · 21h
An excellent new initiative led by a local community that is sick to the back teeth of illegal raptor persecution inside this National Park.

Bravo, @friendsofthedales.bsky.social

#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime

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‘Eyes on the Skies’ – new campaign to raise awareness of raptor persecution in the Yorkshire Dales National Park
Following the recent collapse of the Yorkshire Dales National Park Bird of Prey Partnership (due to its failure to tackle crimes against birds of prey), and the news that since 2015, 29 Hen Harrier…
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Raptor Persecution UK @raptorpersuk.bsky.social · 2d
Victorian attitudes towards birds of prey /predators in general remain stubbornly persistent in many parts of the UK.

#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime #BirdingScotland

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Sparrowhawk killed with banned poison in Aberdeenshire – Police Scotland appeals for information
Press release from Police Scotland: APPEAL FOR INFORMATION FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF A BIRD OF PREY IN ABERDEENSHIRE Detectives are appealing for information after a bird of prey was poisoned in Aberd…
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Andy Gell @andygell.bsky.social · 4d
Everyone visiting or living in the @yorkshiredales.org.uk needs to be made aware of this. It's disgraceful and it needs to be stopped.
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Raptor Persecution UK @raptorpersuk.bsky.social · 5d
29 'missing' Hen Harriers & nearly 40 birds of prey poisoned, trapped or shot in Yorkshire Dales National Park since 2015.

Not so much a National Park - more of a National Disgrace.

#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime #Ornithology #Yorkshire

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29 ‘missing’ Hen Harriers & nearly 40 birds of prey poisoned, trapped or shot in Yorkshire Dales National Park since 2015
Media attention has been drawn to the Yorkshire Dales National Park this week, following the RSPB’s press release on the suspicious disappearance of a satellite-tagged Hen Harrier named &#821…
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Raptor Persecution UK @raptorpersuk.bsky.social · 5d
29 'missing' Hen Harriers & nearly 40 birds of prey poisoned, trapped or shot in Yorkshire Dales National Park since 2015.

Not so much a National Park - more of a National Disgrace.

#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime #Ornithology #Yorkshire

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29 ‘missing’ Hen Harriers & nearly 40 birds of prey poisoned, trapped or shot in Yorkshire Dales National Park since 2015
Media attention has been drawn to the Yorkshire Dales National Park this week, following the RSPB’s press release on the suspicious disappearance of a satellite-tagged Hen Harrier named &#821…
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Ruth Tingay @ruthtingay.bsky.social · 7d
Hardly any Hen Harrier nesting attempts on English grouse moors for second year running.

Hardly any surprise why.

#RaptorPersecution #WildlifeCrime #Ornithology

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Hardly any Hen Harrier nesting attempts on English grouse moors for second year running
Natural England has finally got around to publishing the data for the 2025 Hen Harrier breeding season, which demonstrate very clear differences between areas managed for conservation and those man…
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Raptor Persecution UK @raptorpersuk.bsky.social · 7d
Licensing would be a first step towards the inevitable banning of driven grouse shooting. Any 'sport' or business that relies upon crime to exist needs to go.
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Brian Christian @bcriverside28.bsky.social · 7d
It has to be time to license grouse moors - and for national parks to do more to put their house in order. The situation in the #YorkshireDales is shameful.
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Raptor Persecution UK @raptorpersuk.bsky.social · 7d
Natural England confirms ongoing & relentless illegal persecution is reason why Hen Harriers are still rare in England.

#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime #Ornithology

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Iain Manfield @iainmanfield.bsky.social · 7d
Another year I’ve not seen Hen harriers in the #YorkshireDales in breeding season. Dales habitat looks like successful Bowland habitat though.
No records ever in May & June. July records likely “brood managed” birds 2021.

Orange dots on zero are all the dates without HH.
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Raptor Persecution UK @raptorpersuk.bsky.social · 7d
Natural England confirms ongoing & relentless illegal persecution is reason why Hen Harriers are still rare in England.

#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime #Ornithology

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Hardly any Hen Harrier nesting attempts on English grouse moors for second year running
Natural England has finally got around to publishing the data for the 2025 Hen Harrier breeding season, which demonstrate very clear differences between areas managed for conservation and those man…
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Raptor Persecution UK @raptorpersuk.bsky.social · 8d
New info from RSPB reveals last known location of this young Hen Harrier was on a grouse moor between Reeth & Redmire on NE side of Yorkshire Dales National Park, before she disappeared in suspicious circumstances.

#RaptorResearch #Wildlifecrime #Ornithology

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More information about the suspicious disappearance of Hen Harrier ‘Sita’ who vanished on a grouse moor in Yorkshire Dales National Park
In May this year I blogged about a young satellite-tagged Hen Harrier named ‘Sita’ who had disappeared under suspicious circumstances from a winter roost site on an unnamed grouse moor …
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Chris Townsend @christownsend.bsky.social · 9d
Who lights the fires in the Cairngorms National Park? - parkswatchscotland parkswatchscotland.co.uk/2025/09/30/w...
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Naturehawk @naturehawk.bsky.social · 8d
Unbelievably frustrating
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Raptor Persecution UK @raptorpersuk.bsky.social · 9d
17 months! What's the hold up? Why isn't this decision-making process a priority for NatureScot?

The consequences of this inaction were made v clear yesterday, with the suspicious disappearance of two more Golden Eagles in south Scotland.

#RaptorResearch

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17 months (& waiting) for NatureScot to make decision on General Licence restriction relating to ‘shooting & killing’ of sleeping Golden Eagle called Merrick
The Scottish Government’s nature advisory agency, NatureScot, has been now been procrastinating for 17 months on whether to impose a sanction on an estate in relation to the ‘shooting and killing’ …
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CáitKate @cait05.bsky.social · 9d
This was a satellite-tagged territorial pair so the sudden disappearance of both of them at the same time is highly suspicious.
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Raptor Persecution UK @raptorpersuk.bsky.social · 10d
Gosh, what a mystery. Whatever could have happened to them?

No bodies, no tags, no prosecutions, no accountability, no deterrent. This will continue.

#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime

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Two Golden Eagles ‘disappear’ in south Scotland – Police appeal for information
Press release from Police Scotland, 29 September 2025: APPEAL FOR MISSING GOLDEN EAGLE Detectives are appealing for information after a satellite-tagged golden eagle disappeared in the hills to the…
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Alister Clunas @alcatorda.bsky.social · 9d
This has to stop. ☹️
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Raptor Persecution UK @raptorpersuk.bsky.social · 10d
Gosh, what a mystery. Whatever could have happened to them?

No bodies, no tags, no prosecutions, no accountability, no deterrent. This will continue.

#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime

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Two Golden Eagles ‘disappear’ in south Scotland – Police appeal for information
Press release from Police Scotland, 29 September 2025: APPEAL FOR MISSING GOLDEN EAGLE Detectives are appealing for information after a satellite-tagged golden eagle disappeared in the hills to the…
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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 9d
In one of the most nature-depleted corners of this battered planet, with #biodiversity in freefall
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Raptor Persecution UK @raptorpersuk.bsky.social · 10d
Gosh, what a mystery. Whatever could have happened to them?

No bodies, no tags, no prosecutions, no accountability, no deterrent. This will continue.

#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime

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Two Golden Eagles ‘disappear’ in south Scotland – Police appeal for information
Press release from Police Scotland, 29 September 2025: APPEAL FOR MISSING GOLDEN EAGLE Detectives are appealing for information after a satellite-tagged golden eagle disappeared in the hills to the…
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Wild About the Borders @wildborders.bsky.social · 9d
The sooner grouse moors and shooting estates are confined to the history books the better. So sick of this. Even if they find the culprits there won’t be any real punishment. It needs to change.
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Pinetencolin @pinetencolin.bsky.social · 9d
This boils my blood!😡
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Raptor Persecution UK @raptorpersuk.bsky.social · 10d
Gosh, what a mystery. Whatever could have happened to them?

No bodies, no tags, no prosecutions, no accountability, no deterrent. This will continue.

#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime

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Two Golden Eagles ‘disappear’ in south Scotland – Police appeal for information
Press release from Police Scotland, 29 September 2025: APPEAL FOR MISSING GOLDEN EAGLE Detectives are appealing for information after a satellite-tagged golden eagle disappeared in the hills to the…
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sam--10.bsky.social @sam--10.bsky.social · 9d
My daughter could hazard a guess.

Still waiting for the powers that be to have as much a grasp of this as my then 10 year old.

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A poem written several years ago by my daughter, in response to 'missing' Golden Eagles Adam and Charlie. The picture also shows a newplast model of a dead eagle. The persecution of our raptors in the UK continues unabated.
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Tea Junkie @teajunkie.bsky.social · 9d
Those responsible need to be put out of business.
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Suilvenjen @suilvenjen.bsky.social · 10d
They get off with it time and again. Sick of it
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Freyja @freyja3.bsky.social · 9d
This is totally heartbreaking 💔
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Raptor Persecution UK @raptorpersuk.bsky.social · 10d
Gosh, what a mystery. Whatever could have happened to them?

No bodies, no tags, no prosecutions, no accountability, no deterrent. This will continue.

#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime

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Two Golden Eagles ‘disappear’ in south Scotland – Police appeal for information
Press release from Police Scotland, 29 September 2025: APPEAL FOR MISSING GOLDEN EAGLE Detectives are appealing for information after a satellite-tagged golden eagle disappeared in the hills to the…
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Raptor Persecution UK @raptorpersuk.bsky.social · 10d
Gosh, what a mystery. Whatever could have happened to them?

No bodies, no tags, no prosecutions, no accountability, no deterrent. This will continue.

#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime

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Two Golden Eagles ‘disappear’ in south Scotland – Police appeal for information
Press release from Police Scotland, 29 September 2025: APPEAL FOR MISSING GOLDEN EAGLE Detectives are appealing for information after a satellite-tagged golden eagle disappeared in the hills to the…
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Raptor Persecution UK @raptorpersuk.bsky.social · 11d
This consultation is an opportunity to put pressure on the HSE to restrict the use of these dangerous toxins. Consultation closes Tues 30 Sept 2025 - please take part!

#RaptorResearch #Ornithology

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New consultation on Second Generation Anticoagulant Rodenticides (SGARs): your opportunity to tell the HSE how damaging these are to raptors & other wildlife
In November last year, conservation campaign group Wild Justice published a report (Collateral Damage) highlighting shockingly high levels of rodenticides (rat poisons) found in Buzzards and Red Ki…
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Raptor Persecution UK @raptorpersuk.bsky.social · 12d
This is an interesting move.

NB: Comments are turned off as criminal proceedings are live ⚖️

#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime #UKBirding

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Trial of 87-year-old man accused of 11 offences relating to raptor persecution is put on hold as defence applies for Judicial Review of judge’s ruling
The trial of an 87-year-old man, accused of multiple offences linked to alleged raptor persecution, has been put on hold after his defence lawyer told the court he intends to apply for Judicial Rev…
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