The RSPB and Suffolk Police are appealing for information after 10 little tern eggs were illegally taken from nests at a colony at Kessingland, on the Suffolk Coast. EU Life+ Little Tern Recovery Project volunteers and staff work shifts to watch and count little terns at Kessingland throughout daylight hours, when the birds are most […]

The Scottish government is to join Edinburgh University on a new programme to employ forensic science in fighting wildlife crime. The move comes ahead of an international event on the issue being held in the city. The Wildlife Forensics Development Programme will boost research into greater use of forensic techniques. It comes after the case […]

  Wildlife crime is the focus of a new partnership between the University and the Scottish Government. It aims to boost the use of forensic science in tackling the problem. The partnership creates formal ties between the Scottish Government’s Wildlife DNA Forensics unit and the Conservation Genetics research unit at the Royal (Dick) School of […]

As part of ongoing efforts to tackle wildlife crime, police in the Scottish Borders led an operation in the Longformacus area on Monday 5 June supported by our partners in the Scottish SPCA, RSPB Scotland and other experts. Land and property were searched under warrant and a number of items were recovered for further examination. […]