Images of Wildlife Slaughter, captured on Grouse Moors. Dozens of reason why...
If anyone was unsure where they stood about banning driven grouse shooting in England, examine the two composite images below which may just change your mind if you had any doubts. The two images...
View ArticlePetition Ban driven grouse shooting to protect the environment and protected...
Raptor Politics has nearly 4000 followers on twitter, we are asking each and everyone of our followers for your help protect our moorland ecosystems and birds of prey that use these regions to breed....
View ArticleThe dark side of the driven grouse shoot
As ‘Saturday Kitchen’ romaticises grouse hunt, UK campaigners highlight the causalities in this “field sport”. A brood of dead hen harrier chicks all found mutilated in a nest This Saturday, on the...
View ArticleInglorious: Mark Avery will be speaking at the Ilkley Literature Festival
Mark Avery, the former RSPB Director of Conservation will be speaking about his book “Inglorious” and the problems with driven grouse shooting as part of the Ilkley Literature Festival – specifically...
View ArticleDriven grouse shooting: status quo, licensing or a ban? by Martin Harper RSPB...
The RSPB claim they are neutral regarding the ethics of driven grouse shooting. Martin Harper admits the Society has had dialogue with the grouse industry for decades, yet despite these talks laws...
View Article2014 National Peregrine Survey: preliminary results show decline from grouse...
2014 National Peregrine Survey A ground nest containing 3 peregrine chicks in the Forest of Bowland 2009. This territory is one of at least 16 known to have been abandoned following persecution of...
View ArticleNew report reveals gross over management by Scottish grouse moors
Wealthy Scottish grouse moor owners are ruining huge areas of Scottish countryside – and being paid by the tax-payer to do so – as they industrially over-manage their land to squeeze maximum profits...
View ArticleRare birds of prey tagged in landmark project: Hen Harriers tracked via...
RSPB MEDIA RELEASE Image courtesy of Terry Pickford: Langholm Moor Hen harriers, one of our rarest and most threatened birds of prey, are being tracked via satellite tags as part of the RSPB’s Hen...
View ArticleBan Bloodsports on Ilkley Moor
Breaking News! Bradford Council to Implement Heather Cutting on Ilkley Moor! Bradford Council‘s Environment Committee voted unanimously to explore and implement a heather conservation programme on...
View ArticleSummary of Natural England’s Hen Harrier satellite tagging data 2007 – 2014
We recently received an enquiry from one of our followers asking if we had access to any data applicable to the number and where abouts of the Hen Harriers which had been tagged under Natural...
View ArticleHundreds of raptors illegally killed since 1994, says RSPB
Image copyright RSPB Scotland A golden eagle that was found poisoned in Sutherland in 2010 A 20-year review of the illegal killing of birds of prey in Scotland shows 779 raptors died between 1994 and...
View ArticleScotland’s highland estates face stricter legal controls over grouse shoots
Crackdown comes amid concerns about illegal persecution of birds of prey shot, poisoned or trapped by gamekeepers and farmers in Scotland. Stricter legal controls may be imposed on estates after...
View ArticleShould the National Wildlife Crime Unit be properly funded by the British...
There is a crime wave cascading through Britain that the government doesn’t appear much to care about. In Lincolnshire alone, police have arrested or reported for summons 152 people for hare coursing...
View ArticleThe Golden Eagle in Scotland – As climatic changes take hold, what future...
For thousands of years the Golden Eagle has survived against all the odds, finding safe refuge in one of Scotland’s most rugged and beautiful landscapes in the Western Highlands of Argyll. Here...
View ArticleDEFRA’s Joint lack of ‘Action’ A failure to bring the root cause of Hen...
Stephen Murphy National Hen Harrier Coordinator holding satellite tagged Harrier which after fledging disappeared. Like many of our followers we were very disappointed after reading the 6 point action...
View ArticleDEFRA’s Joint lack of ‘Action’ A failure to bring the root cause of Hen...
This important story is being republished here for a second time because a number of our followers have voiced concerns that DEFRA’s 6 point proposals will do nothing to advance the cause of the Hen...
View ArticleShould the burning of heather moors be stopped?
At one end of the country, conservation groups are doing all they can to stop the burning of moors. Challenging the grouse shooting estates, for example, the RSPB argues that “there is an urgent need...
View ArticleShooting Lobbyists the ‘British Association for Shooting and Conservation’...
FIVE senior Tory MPs took part in a bloody “lads’ jolly” paid for by Britain’s biggest pro-shooting lobbying group, the Morning Star can reveal. Graham Brady, chair of the influential 1922 Committee...
View ArticleWhat surprises await our threatened raptors on red grouse moors in 2016?
Will the 2016 breeding season be worse or better for ‘protected raptors like the hen harrier and peregrine that have the misfortune to venture onto moorland in northern England where red grouse are...
View ArticleThe Skydancing begins, but how will it all end asks one of our supporters?
The following information and videos were sent to us by one of our supporters this evening after he had experienced the high and lows of what the Forest of Bowland has to offer. These are his words...
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