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The ecological impacts of game shooting – Professor Dave Goulson
56+ min ago (173+ words) Professor Dave Goulson is a leading UK conservationist, known especially for his work on bee behaviour, ecology and conservation, but also a lot more. He’s also a celebrated author, and his most recent book, Eat the Planet Well, (Penguin Books,…...
New documentary now available about Edradynate Estate gamekeeper David Campbell’s conviction for murder – Raptor Persecution UK
6+ day, 20+ hour ago (217+ words) New documentary now available about Edradynate Estate gamekeeper David Campbell’s conviction for murder Raptor Persecution UK A couple of weeks ago I blogged about a forthcoming BBC documentary about the recent murder trial of retired Scottish head gamekeeper David Campbell,…...
Joint satellite tagging project to see how White-tailed Eagles interact with livestock in western Scotland – Raptor Persecution UK
2+ week, 6+ day ago (309+ words) Press release from NatureScot (17 July 2026) Forty new satellite tags will soon track sea eagles in western Scotland to investigate how sea eagles and livestock interact NatureScot has provided funding for the satellite tags for this collaborative research project, which brings…...
Natural England finally publishes its formal review of Hen Harrier brood meddling trial
3+ week, 5+ day ago (405+ words) Natural England has finally, after many months of delay, published its formal review of the Hen Harrier Brood Management (Meddling) trial that ran from 2018-2024. In March 2025, Natural England announced the end of the Hen Harrier brood meddling sham and noted…...
Golden Eagle dies of natural causes – gamekeepers seem to want credit for not killing it
2+ mon, 21+ hour ago (304+ words) I received a bizarre press release on Monday, issued by the charity, Restoring Upland Nature (RUN – a project developed from the South Scotland Golden Eagle Project). The press release was providing ‘news’ of a young satellite-tagged Golden Eagle named Percy,…...
Parliamentary motion recognises ongoing illegal killing of raptors in Scotland
2+ mon, 3+ day ago (205+ words) A couple of weeks ago, the RSPB published its latest report, Patterns of Persecution, detailing the illegal killing of birds of prey in the UK, much of it taking place on land used for gamebird shooting. In response, Scottish Greens…...
Moorland Association’s amateurish attempt to analyse Hen Harrier tag data is full of holes (much like a shot Hen Harrier)
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (663+ words) The illegal killing of Hen Harriers on British grouse moors has been known, for years, to be the main cause of the species’ desperately low population size in the UK. The sheer weight of scientific and police evidence, collected over…...
More news on the satellite-tagged White-tailed Eagle that ‘disappeared’ on a grouse shooting estate in the North York Moors National Park – Raptor Persecution UK
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (497+ words) On Monday the news broke that a young satellite-tagged White-tailed Eagle had ‘disappeared’ in suspicious circumstances on a grouse shooting estate in the North York Moors National Park (see here). I was critical of the vague appeal for information issued…...
Young White-tailed Eagle ‘disappears’ from grouse shooting estate in North York Moors National Park
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (415+ words) Press statement from North Yorkshire Police (1st June 2026): We are appealing for information after the disappearance of a white-tailed eagle. The satellite-tagged juvenile white-tailed eagle (G834) was born in the wild in Dorset in 2025 and travelled widely across England this spring. On…...
Catching the people illegally killing Britain’s birds of prey – BBC film goes behind the scenes with RSPB Investigations team
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (192+ words) Following on from the publication of the RSPB’s latest report on the illegal killing of birds of prey in the UK (Patterns of Persecution, published last week), the BBC has released an eight minute film documenting the issue. The BBC’s…...