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Natural England aiding and abetting Gamekeepers once again: More Buzzards to...
We are no longer surprised at the Governments commitment in helping the shooting fraternity control protected birds of prey, rather than protecting them. Once again it appears DEFRA have instructed...
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The Hen Harrier, can a compromise be reached with the shooting industry, or...
This season just two estates, one in Scotland’s borders at Langholm moor and a second estate in Lancashire’s Forest of Bowland, has demonstrated the positive impact on the Hen Harrier when estate...
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Driven Red Grouse Shooting: The ‘tipping point’ by Steve Mills
Is the clock ticking for grouse shooting? Or at least for ‘driven grouse shooting’, the more intensive form where the need for large numbers of grouse to be available for shooting creates ‘Dalek-like...
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Natural England has become a gopher of the landed classes claims George Monbiot
Stand up for England’s wildlife instead of capitulating to the lords of the land and their business interests. Listening to the National Farmers’ Union, the Countryside Alliance and the Country Land...
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Hen Harrier: was a golden opportunity lost by not satellite tagging all...
Already we have seen a number of this year’s young harriers leaving Langholm for pastures new. Annie one of two tagged harriers is reported to have flown 85 km across the border into Northumberland and...
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Defra’s response to E-Petition calling for driven grouse shooting to be...
As this e-petition has received more than 10 000 signatures, the relevant Government department have provided the following response: It has been estimated that £250 million per year is spent on...
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Northumberland gamekeeper takes fight against pheasant killing buzzards to...
A gamekeeper in Northumberland who says his livelihood has been ruined by a refusal to let him trap and kill the buzzards which are killing his pheasants has taken his case to the High Court....
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Forest of Bowland Cover Up: Historic Peregrine Breeding & Persecution Data...
Historic Breeding and Persecution date for the Peregrine Falcon 1974 – 2008. Forest of Bowland Out of the 320 confirmed nesting attempts in this 34 year period, 161 clutches of eggs failed to hatch or...
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Hen Harrier Demonstration Forest of Bowland 9th August
Hen Harrier Protest Supporters, Dunsop Bridge in the Forest of Bowland hosted by the North West Raptor Group Terry Pickford is to be congratulated for organising a second Hen Harrier Protest this year...
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The not so Mysterious Disappearance of England’s missing Hen Harriers
Last spring, when walkers on the Lancashire moors came upon two hen harrier nests, they alerted local conservationists. Not because these powerful birds of prey represented a danger to wildlife, but...
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UPDATE: Peregrines in the Forest of Bowland finally brought down by prejudice...
Update 17:00 19:00, Thursday 21-04-2016: One Forest of Bowland peregrine site confirmed occupied, but subjected to 2 hours disturbance. We are now able to confirm the information provided by an RSPB...
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Guest blog – England’s Forest of Bowland and its lack of raptors by Terry...
Terry ringing peregrine chicks in the Forest of Bowland, Lancashire, N.W.England. I have been involved with monitoring and protecting raptors, in particular the Peregrine beginning 1967, when the...
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The damage politics has caused to our so called ‘protected’ raptors
In 1967 Britain’s first raptor protection group the North West Raptor Group was established by a small band or dedicated raptor conservationists working in the north west of England. The group was set...
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Natural England issue licence permitting the killing of 10 Buzzards
We have just learned that Natural England have just issued a licence permitting the killing of 10 Buzzards to protect young pheasants-an alien species. Natural England has issued a licence for...
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Is it time to take our Hen Harrier campaign to London?
Yesterday was the 3rd Hen Harrier Peaceful demonstration held at several locations throughout the country. The meeting held at Dunsop Bridge in the heart of the Forest of Bowland, aptly renamed the...
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Buzzards: A Licence to Kill, has the legislation been manipulated in favour...
Following receipt this week of a second ‘Freedom of Information’ reply from Natural England it now appears more controversy has been uncovered relating to the proposed licenced killing of 10 Buzzards...
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Buzzard Killing: MP claims loss of a small number will have no impact on...
One of our readers wrote to his MP regarding the license to kill 10 Buzzards and was horrified to read that his MP, Rory Stewart, former DEFRA Minister, claimed that the loss of such a small number of...
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Update from Natural England: Buzzard licensing applications
Natural England recently issued a licence permitting the control of up to 10 buzzards to prevent serious damage to young pheasants. Natural England is committed to being as open and transparent about...
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Licenses allowed Buzzards to be killed inside the pheasant rearing pens, Why?...
Natural England recently issued a licence permitting the control of up to 10 buzzards to prevent damage to pheasants poults. What Natural England did not admitted until now was that the licence they...
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Natural England and the sterilisation of Britain!
Many people know about the attempt by Natural England to monitor the deaths of Hen Harriers by satellite tagging but few know about their indirect attempt to make specific birds of prey together with...
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