The goshawk seen in the cage trap North Yorkshire Police is appealing for information about an incident in which a goshawk appeared to be killed after becoming caught in a cage trap. Video footage, which was passed on to North Yorkshire Police, shows the bird becoming caught in the trap in the early hours of […]

The female buzzard North Yorkshire Police is appealing for information after a female buzzard was discovered shot near Appleton le Moors on Sunday 5 July. The bird was found suffering multiple injuries in woods just off Hamley Lane, Appleton le Moors by a member of the public. Although the buzzard received immediate veterinary treatment, she […]

RSPB Scotland found satellite tracking devices attached to a pair of hen harriers both stopped transmitting in April 2020. The organisation had been following two males fledged in 2018 – Marlin, from Mar Lodge Estate in Aberdeenshire, and Hoolie from Easter Ross. Marlin flew south and spent the last two winters in North Yorkshire, while […]

Eggs from peregrine falcon nests at three different sites in the Peak District were taken in early spring, Derbyshire Police has revealed. The force said there could be a number of individuals or groups responsible as part of a “black market trade”. Derbyshire Wildlife Trust said the eggs may have been removed while volunteers – […]

Greater Manchester Police and the RSPB are appealing for information after a buzzard was found shot near Diggle, in the Peak District National Park, on May 11. A member of the public found the bird dying on the ground and contacted the RSPB. However it had to be euthanised by a vet the next morning […]

North Yorkshire Police is appealing for information after five dead buzzards were found hidden in a hole in the ground on land below Fox Hole Crag, on the edge of Bransdale in the North York Moors. An x-ray showing one of the buzzards containing pieces of shot Following information reported to the police in April […]

Analysis shows buzzard killed by combination of four different pesticides North Yorkshire Police is urging pet owners to be vigilant after analysis of a dead buzzard found near Pateley Bridge showed the presence of four pesticides in its system which are believed to be the cause of death. In March 2020, a member of the […]

Police have raised concerns after three birds of prey were found dead in the Staffordshire Moorlands. On Saturday (16 May) a buzzard and peregrine falcon were sadly discovered dead in a wooded area of Longnor, and yesterday (Tuesday 19 May) a second peregrine falcon was found dead near Wetton. As there were no visible signs […]

North Yorkshire Police are investigating after incident in which bird appears to have been shot . A member of the public was walking on a footpath near Belford Lane, Kirkby Malzeard, on 13 April 2020 when they found an injured buzzard. After seeking expert help, the bird was caught and taken to a local vet […]

Three red kites have been shot and killed, with police and the RSPB launching an investigation into the killings. The bodies of the three protected red kites were discovered in the Tregynon area, near Newtown, on Sunday evening (19th April 2020). A villager was out walking with her family when she found two of the […]