North Yorkshire Police is appealing for information following investigations into the death of two peregrine falcons found at a quarry near Stutton, Tadcaster. A member of the public who had been observing the mating pair of birds, found a male bird dead on a cliff ledge and following investigation by the RSPB and North Yorkshire […]

Officers investigating reports of a bird of prey being deliberately poisoned are appealing for your help to find those responsible.   On Saturday 4 July officers found a juvenile peregrine falcon in ill health in the Fish Dam Lane area of Barnsley, the bird sadly died a short time later. Initial assessment of the bird […]

  A young male Hen Harrier named Fingal, has become the latest satellite tagged bird to disappear in Scotland. The young bird hatched from a nest in the Scottish Borders in summer 2019, and was fitted with a lightweight satellite tag as part of the EU Hen Harrier LIFE project which has allowed scientists to […]

Dryad, a male hen harrier, hatched at a nest in the Forest of Bowland this summer. He was fitted with a lightweight satellite tag so that scientists could trace his movements once he fledged. But Dryad barely had time to spread his wings before his tag, which had been transmitting normally, stopped suddenly and unexpectedly […]

Police have condemned the ‘despicable’ shooter who killed a rare peregrine falcon in the Cotswolds. The ‘iconic bird of prey’, a protected species, was found dead near Northleach on Aug 16th 2020 but details have only just been released. The bird is believed to have been blasted with a shotgun. The Gloucestershire Police rural crime […]