Raptor Persecution UK

“This has to stop” – North Pennines National Landscape Director denounces ongoing hen harrier persecution

A few weeks ago just before Xmas, Natural England published an update on the fates of three brood meddled satellite-tracked hen harriers: one that had been found dead in north Devon on 5th March 2024 (it died of natural causes) and two that had both vanished within a week of each other from a winter roost site in the North Pennines in December 2022 and whose gunshot-riddled corpses were later found in April and June 2023…

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Their award-winning blog is written by wildlife conservationist Dr Ruth Tingay who has worked in the field of raptor research and conservation for over 30 years. A former President of the international Raptor Research Foundation, her work now focuses on campaigning against the illegal killing of birds of prey in the UK, which mostly takes place on privately-owned game-shooting estates. She is also a co-director of the wildlife conservation organisation Wild Justice, along with her colleagues Chris Packham CBE and Dr Mark Avery.