Another example of the thoughtless, feckless and unaccountable actions of the UK gamebird shooting industry, who yet again do what they like, when they like and to hell with the consequences, because there aren’t any.
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Shot Pheasants & Red-legged Partridges dumped in Penicuik, Scotland
It’s another gamebird shooting season and that means shot Pheasants and Red-legged Partridges being illegally dumped (fly-tipped) by the side of a road. Thanks to the blog reader who alerted …
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November 3, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Another example of the thoughtless, feckless and unaccountable actions of the UK gamebird shooting industry, who yet again do what they like, when they like and to hell with the consequences, because there aren’t any.
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/03/s...
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NERF Chair Steve Downing points out 20 years of Govt failure in tackling the illegal killing of birds of prey on gamebird shooting estates in the UK.
#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime
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#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime
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“Act boldly, without delay and introduce game shoot licensing” – open letter to Defra Ministers from Northern England Raptor Forum Chair
The Northern England Raptor Forum (NERF) is the representative body of voluntary raptor fieldworkers across the north of England, including in many of the raptor persecution hotspots in this region…
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October 24, 2025 at 10:32 AM
NERF Chair Steve Downing points out 20 years of Govt failure in tackling the illegal killing of birds of prey on gamebird shooting estates in the UK.
#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime
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#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime
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Intrigued to hear what "negative impacts" there would be on "designated species" if non-native gamebird releases were stopped. That appears to be what GWCT told Minister Sue Hayman in a meeting earlier this year. I've FOI'd the meeting minutes.
www.gov.uk/csv-preview/...
www.gov.uk/csv-preview/...
October 6, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Intrigued to hear what "negative impacts" there would be on "designated species" if non-native gamebird releases were stopped. That appears to be what GWCT told Minister Sue Hayman in a meeting earlier this year. I've FOI'd the meeting minutes.
www.gov.uk/csv-preview/...
www.gov.uk/csv-preview/...
Welsh Government under fire for failing to implement gamebird regulations amidst heightened risk of bird flu raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/09/18/w...
Welsh Government under fire for failing to implement gamebird regulations amidst heightened risk of bird flu
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…
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September 18, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Welsh Government under fire for failing to implement gamebird regulations amidst heightened risk of bird flu raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/09/18/w...
@rspbcymru.bsky.social calls on Ministers to act on advice received from NRW 2 years ago (!) for proper controls & oversight of gamebird releases. They don't even know how many are released, other than 'millions'.
Find out how you can help 🔽
#BirdingWales
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Find out how you can help 🔽
#BirdingWales
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Welsh Government under fire for failing to implement gamebird regulations amidst heightened risk of bird flu
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…
raptorpersecutionuk.org
September 18, 2025 at 7:39 AM
@rspbcymru.bsky.social calls on Ministers to act on advice received from NRW 2 years ago (!) for proper controls & oversight of gamebird releases. They don't even know how many are released, other than 'millions'.
Find out how you can help 🔽
#BirdingWales
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/09/18/w...
Find out how you can help 🔽
#BirdingWales
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/09/18/w...
Welsh Government under fire for failing to implement gamebird regulations amidst heightened risk of bird flu raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/09/18/w...
Welsh Government under fire for failing to implement gamebird regulations amidst heightened risk of bird flu
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…
raptorpersecutionuk.org
September 18, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Welsh Government under fire for failing to implement gamebird regulations amidst heightened risk of bird flu raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/09/18/w...
Bird flu prompts renewed call to regulate gamebird release
Bird flu prompts renewed call to regulate gamebird release
The RSPB says there has to be stricter rules on releasing millions of gamebirds into the wild.
www.bbc.com
September 11, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Bird flu prompts renewed call to regulate gamebird release
7/ With less than a year of this Senedd term left, time is running out. Welsh Government must act now❗️
Email the Deputy First Minister ([email protected]) to demand gamebird licensing & protect wildlife. Read more 👇
rspb.org.uk/wales/news/g...
Email the Deputy First Minister ([email protected]) to demand gamebird licensing & protect wildlife. Read more 👇
rspb.org.uk/wales/news/g...
Gamebird licensing - why are we waiting?
RSPB Cymru is calling on the Welsh Government to introduce the licensing of gamebird shooting in Wales. Find out more about why, despite good evidence in favour of regulation and concerns about the impacts of bird flu, is Welsh Government is taking so long to protect our wildlife.
rspb.org.uk
September 11, 2025 at 10:36 AM
7/ With less than a year of this Senedd term left, time is running out. Welsh Government must act now❗️
Email the Deputy First Minister ([email protected]) to demand gamebird licensing & protect wildlife. Read more 👇
rspb.org.uk/wales/news/g...
Email the Deputy First Minister ([email protected]) to demand gamebird licensing & protect wildlife. Read more 👇
rspb.org.uk/wales/news/g...
We support calls from @rspbcymru.bsky.social for Welsh Gov to stop delaying a decision on licensing gamebird releases.
Bird flu compounds the risk of activities that already increase competition with rare species - like curlew & black grouse - for food. Why the delay?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Bird flu compounds the risk of activities that already increase competition with rare species - like curlew & black grouse - for food. Why the delay?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Bird flu prompts renewed call to regulate gamebird release
The RSPB says there has to be stricter rules on releasing millions of gamebirds into the wild.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 11, 2025 at 9:56 AM
We support calls from @rspbcymru.bsky.social for Welsh Gov to stop delaying a decision on licensing gamebird releases.
Bird flu compounds the risk of activities that already increase competition with rare species - like curlew & black grouse - for food. Why the delay?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Bird flu compounds the risk of activities that already increase competition with rare species - like curlew & black grouse - for food. Why the delay?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Absolutely! RSPB wastes time and money with half-hearted, half-cocked solutions. Pheasants are non-native to the UK and their continued release should simply be banned, period. I long gave up my membership because of their stand (or lack of) on cat predation, Hen Harriers, hunting, gamebird release.
September 11, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Absolutely! RSPB wastes time and money with half-hearted, half-cocked solutions. Pheasants are non-native to the UK and their continued release should simply be banned, period. I long gave up my membership because of their stand (or lack of) on cat predation, Hen Harriers, hunting, gamebird release.
Wild Justice wins latest legal challenge – impacts of non-native gamebird releases to be assessed https://markavery.info/2019/09/11/wild-justice-wins-latest-legal-challenge-impacts-of-non-native-gamebird-releases-to-be-assessed/
Wild Justice wins latest legal challenge – impacts of non...
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December 1, 2024 at 11:38 PM
Wild Justice wins latest legal challenge – impacts of non-native gamebird releases to be assessed https://markavery.info/2019/09/11/wild-justice-wins-latest-legal-challenge-impacts-of-non-native-gamebird-releases-to-be-assessed/
Looking forward to Saturday: #RSPB AGM & news of their new policy on gamebird shooting https://markavery.info/2020/10/05/looking-forward-to-saturday/
@BeccyRSPB @kevnjcox @martinRSPB @RSPBCymru @RSPBNI @RSPBScotland @RSPBEngland
@NationalGamekee @BASCnews @horton_official...
@BeccyRSPB @kevnjcox @martinRSPB @RSPBCymru @RSPBNI @RSPBScotland @RSPBEngland
@NationalGamekee @BASCnews @horton_official...
Looking forward to Saturday’s RSPB AGM – Mark Avery
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November 29, 2024 at 5:56 PM
Looking forward to Saturday: #RSPB AGM & news of their new policy on gamebird shooting https://markavery.info/2020/10/05/looking-forward-to-saturday/
@BeccyRSPB @kevnjcox @martinRSPB @RSPBCymru @RSPBNI @RSPBScotland @RSPBEngland
@NationalGamekee @BASCnews @horton_official...
@BeccyRSPB @kevnjcox @martinRSPB @RSPBCymru @RSPBNI @RSPBScotland @RSPBEngland
@NationalGamekee @BASCnews @horton_official...
The presence of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) was confirmed in commercial poultry or upland gamebird flocks in 27 U.S. states in 2024 and totaled 50,432,700 birds in commercial production. That figure does not include birds in backyard flocks or wild birds.
Data from January are attached.
Data from January are attached.
January 24, 2025 at 7:54 PM
The presence of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) was confirmed in commercial poultry or upland gamebird flocks in 27 U.S. states in 2024 and totaled 50,432,700 birds in commercial production. That figure does not include birds in backyard flocks or wild birds.
Data from January are attached.
Data from January are attached.
Avi News || Avian Flu strikes Pennsylvania gamebird flock
On July 2, 2025, USDA confirmed a new outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in a flock of commercial upland gamebirds located in Lancaster Co, PA
29,300 birds
H5N1
avinews.com/en/avian-flu...
On July 2, 2025, USDA confirmed a new outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in a flock of commercial upland gamebirds located in Lancaster Co, PA
29,300 birds
H5N1
avinews.com/en/avian-flu...
Avian Flu strikes Pennsylvania gamebird flock
On July 2, 2025, the USDA confirmed a new outbreak of HPAI in a flock of commercial upland gamebirds located in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
avinews.com
July 8, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Avi News || Avian Flu strikes Pennsylvania gamebird flock
On July 2, 2025, USDA confirmed a new outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in a flock of commercial upland gamebirds located in Lancaster Co, PA
29,300 birds
H5N1
avinews.com/en/avian-flu...
On July 2, 2025, USDA confirmed a new outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in a flock of commercial upland gamebirds located in Lancaster Co, PA
29,300 birds
H5N1
avinews.com/en/avian-flu...
Some of the damage that gamebird release can have along with soil enrichment, lack of tree regeneration etc
November 16, 2024 at 11:29 PM
Some of the damage that gamebird release can have along with soil enrichment, lack of tree regeneration etc
@privateeyenews.bsky.social could always doublecheck and confirm the figures with this government body’s publication: consult.defra.gov.uk/gamebird-rev...
consult.defra.gov.uk
April 5, 2025 at 6:35 AM
@privateeyenews.bsky.social could always doublecheck and confirm the figures with this government body’s publication: consult.defra.gov.uk/gamebird-rev...
while so drunk that they didn't get medical help for 24 hours while they all sobered up
on a pretend hunt, shooting cage-raised birds on a gamebird firm
on a pretend hunt, shooting cage-raised birds on a gamebird firm
August 22, 2024 at 7:13 AM
while so drunk that they didn't get medical help for 24 hours while they all sobered up
on a pretend hunt, shooting cage-raised birds on a gamebird firm
on a pretend hunt, shooting cage-raised birds on a gamebird firm
No gamey taste: How to Cook Pheasant Without Gamey Taste 🐦 https://wildgamehuntingcookingrecipes.com/articles/wild-game/how-to-cook-pheasant-without-gamey-taste/
#pheasant #cooking #gamebird #recipes
#pheasant #cooking #gamebird #recipes
September 2, 2025 at 6:27 PM
No gamey taste: How to Cook Pheasant Without Gamey Taste 🐦 https://wildgamehuntingcookingrecipes.com/articles/wild-game/how-to-cook-pheasant-without-gamey-taste/
#pheasant #cooking #gamebird #recipes
#pheasant #cooking #gamebird #recipes
Significant landscape changes are needed for the game bird, bobwhite, to thrive.
Read more about this upland quail on OOD Online.
www.ofah.org/oodonline/ne...
#Hunting #Fishing #Outdoors #WalpoleIsland #Bobwhite #Upland #Quail #GameBird #Endangered
Read more about this upland quail on OOD Online.
www.ofah.org/oodonline/ne...
#Hunting #Fishing #Outdoors #WalpoleIsland #Bobwhite #Upland #Quail #GameBird #Endangered
Hoping for bobwhite - Ontario OUT of DOORS Magazine
Officially called the northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus), the species is listed as endangered federally and provincially.
www.ofah.org
September 19, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Significant landscape changes are needed for the game bird, bobwhite, to thrive.
Read more about this upland quail on OOD Online.
www.ofah.org/oodonline/ne...
#Hunting #Fishing #Outdoors #WalpoleIsland #Bobwhite #Upland #Quail #GameBird #Endangered
Read more about this upland quail on OOD Online.
www.ofah.org/oodonline/ne...
#Hunting #Fishing #Outdoors #WalpoleIsland #Bobwhite #Upland #Quail #GameBird #Endangered
Scottish Moorland Group & BASC due to give evidence on licensing of gamebird hunting https://raptorpersecutionscotland.wordpress.com/2016/12/06/scottish-moorland-group-basc-due-to-give-evidence-on-licensing-of-gamebird-hunting/ via @RaptorPersScot
Scottish Moorland Group & BASC due to give evidence on li...
Ah, now it all makes sense. We had wondered about the tim...
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December 5, 2024 at 12:14 AM
Scottish Moorland Group & BASC due to give evidence on licensing of gamebird hunting https://raptorpersecutionscotland.wordpress.com/2016/12/06/scottish-moorland-group-basc-due-to-give-evidence-on-licensing-of-gamebird-hunting/ via @RaptorPersScot
February 12, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Defra - where is your review of impacts of non-native gamebirds on Natura 2000 sites? https://markavery.info/2020/08/06/where-is-the-review-of-gamebird-impacts/
The one 'expected to conclude in March 2020’
@DefraGovUK @NaturalEngland @BASCnews @NatResWales @CAupdates
Photo:...
The one 'expected to conclude in March 2020’
@DefraGovUK @NaturalEngland @BASCnews @NatResWales @CAupdates
Photo:...
December 1, 2024 at 4:58 AM
Defra - where is your review of impacts of non-native gamebirds on Natura 2000 sites? https://markavery.info/2020/08/06/where-is-the-review-of-gamebird-impacts/
The one 'expected to conclude in March 2020’
@DefraGovUK @NaturalEngland @BASCnews @NatResWales @CAupdates
Photo:...
The one 'expected to conclude in March 2020’
@DefraGovUK @NaturalEngland @BASCnews @NatResWales @CAupdates
Photo:...
Excited to see Katie Prescott's MSci project published today. Co-infection (but not infection intensity!) increases shedding in a gamebird-helminth system onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... @uniexecec.bsky.social 🦠🔬
Co‐Infection, but Not Infection Intensity, Increases Shedding in a Gastrointestinal Helminth of Gamebirds
Host heterogeneity in disease transmission is influential in shaping disease dynamics, but its drivers remain poorly understood. Shedding intensity is often assumed to be directly proportional to inf...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
June 6, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Excited to see Katie Prescott's MSci project published today. Co-infection (but not infection intensity!) increases shedding in a gamebird-helminth system onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... @uniexecec.bsky.social 🦠🔬