Mark writes:
The reward for information about the deaths of 12 Red Kites and four Buzzards in Ross-shire keeps increasing; £5k from the RSPB, £5k from an anonymous donor and over £1k from the public so far. To contribute, visit this Just Giving page.
Do Wood Ducks cross the Atlantic sometimes? And did the Blue-winged Teal I missed on my local patch of Stanwick Lakes this week do the same?
I saw my first Swallow on 2014 in Snowdonia on Thursday – not where i would necessarily have expected it to happen.
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In other gamekeeper related news, yet another bird of prey has been [found – added by MIA] poisoned on [Actually ‘near’ it seems – note added by MIA] the Leadhills estate and the police are refusing to investigate: http://raptorpersecutionscotland.wordpress.com/2014/04/05/poisoned-peregrine-found-nr-leadhills-boundary-police-response-appalling/
The RSPB will be holding Birdfair at Hopetoun house once again this year. https://raptorpersecutionscotland.wordpress.com/2012/03/19/unravelling-the-relationship-between-hopetoun-and-leadhills-estates/
J – that should be ‘has been found poisoned near the boundary of’.