Sometimes things happen which change the scene dramatically. Today sees such an event. Raptor Persecution UK reports that the Moorland Association’s Amanda Anderson revealed in a DEFRA Raptor Persecution Priority Delivery Group meeting that her members want licences to kill Marsh Harriers. Read the full story here.
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Remarkable Birds is being translated into Chinese, Spanish and French but you could buy the English edition for your loved ones’ Christmas presents. Available from all good bookshops including this one – Blackwells.
Red Kites – poisoned deliberately and accidentally
I see Red Kites almost every day – in fact, I think I’ll actually make a note of when I see them next year to see how true that is. They are certainly back in the skies of east Northants after the reintroductions which started in the 1980s. However, in a scientific paper published in…
Puffarazzi find clues to Puffin decline
Photographs of Puffins taken around the UK by members of the public (the Puffarazzi) are helping uncover the reasons for this bird’s decline says the RSPB. The RSPB analysed over 1400 images taken at Puffin colonies and early results suggest that the diet of Puffins varies significantly around the UK – in the northern isles…