A Royal Estate owned by the family of Prince William and Harry’s former nanny has suffered one of Britain’s worst ever wildlife poisonings. Mystery poisoners have been blamed for the “mass killing” of birds of prey on the land belonging to the parents of Tiggy Pettifer (formerly Legge-Bourke), who cared for the princes when they […]

A satellite tag fitted to a hen harrier has stopped transmitting in the same mountains where eight tagged eagles “vanished”, RSPB Scotland has said. The hen harrier fledged at a nest in Aberdeenshire in July. The hen harrier, known as Elwood, was being monitored under a scheme run by the Partnership for Action against Wildlife […]

On 7th June 2016, police in Inverness put out an appeal for information regarding the disturbance of bird of prey nests and the unexplained disappearance of adult Buzzards and Goshawks from nests in Moy Forest, Tomatin. Nest disturbance and disappearance of the adult birds suggests that the nests have been the subject of illegal activity. […]

A North Yorkshire Police spokesman said: “The persecution of birds of prey is a UK wildlife crime priority, and the successful conviction in this case demonstrates the tenacity and strong working relationship that exists between North Yorkshire Police, the RSPB and other rural partners. “The investigation led the suspect, a 23-year-old man from the Hawes […]

Three birds of prey have died in County Antrim after being poisoned, the police have said. A peregrine falcon and two buzzards were found dead in March and April. The falcon was found at a quarry on the Glenhead Road in Ballymena on 11 April. It was discovered to have been poisoned by a pesticide […]

20 bird of prey crimes were recorded in 2015 including six poisoning incidents, according to the latest bird of prey crime maps published today. The maps by the Partnership for Action Against Wildlife Crime (PAW) Scotland show a slight increase from 2014 which saw 18 bird of prey crimes recorded. The birds involved in these […]

Officers conducted a search of a property in Annalong after receiving information that a barn owl was being offered for sale through a social media site. The owl was seized by police during the search on Friday, 18 December 2015. Barn Owls are legislated for under the Wildlife (NI) Order 1985 as amended by the […]

A self-employed game farmer has pled guilty to wildlife offences, leading to the second conviction in Scotland by vicarious liability for wildlife crime against wild birds. At Stirling Sheriff Court, Graham Christie was fined a total of £3,200 after admitting his liability for the crimes committed by James O’Reilly, a gamekeeper employed by him. O’Reilly […]

A £1,000 reward has been offered after a rare falcon was shot and killed in Cambridgeshire in a “sickening” attack. Cambridgeshire Police, the National Wildlife Crime Unit and the RSPB are appealing for anyone with information about the shooting of a rare red-footed falcon to come forward after the body of the protected bird of […]