Police have launched an investigation after a once-rare bird of prey was shot out of the sky above Saddleworth Moor. The red kite was blasted within the Peak District National Park area. The killing has appalled conservationists. The re-introduction of the species has been a success story in recent decades after its numbers dropped […]

A long-awaited project to boost the population of golden eagles in the south of Scotland has taken off. Three young golden eagles have been released into the wild at a secret location in the Moffat Hills. They were moved from nests in the Highlands where the majority of the birds are usually found. The translocation […]

The conviction of a gamekeeper who shot two protected short-eared owls should serve as a warning to others who commit wildlife crime, North Yorkshire Police said. Timothy Cowin, 44, pleaded guilty to two charges concerning the intentional killing of two protected short-eared owls on the Whernside Estate in Cumbria, an area managed for driven grouse […]

A farmer has been convicted of two charges of intentionally disturbing the nest of a pair of breeding ospreys. Paul Barnes, 58, from Braithwaite near Keswick, was found guilty following a three-day trial at Workington Magistrates’ Court. He drove his tractor and trailer with a group of children close to the Bassenthwaite site in June […]