Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hen harriers are the most persecuted bird in the UK, says the RSPB Record numbers of hen harriers, one of the UK’s rarest birds of ...
All incidents were quickly reported to the police and National Wildlife Crime Unit’s Hen Harrier Taskforce. Obtaining evidence of Hen Harrier killing and bringing prosecutions is extremely difficult ...
Concerns have been raised after a satellite-tagged Hen Harrier disappeared while breeding in the Forest of Bowland, as the RSPB reports a total of seven tagged birds suspected or confirmed to have ...
A rare bird of prey is feared to have been shot in the Yorkshire Dales National Park. Sita, a one-year-old hen harrier, had fledged from her nest in the Forest of Bowland, before settling at a ...
A conflict between those working to conserve numbers of hen harriers and those maintaining commercial shooting of red grouse in the English uplands has existed for decades with little sign of progress ...