Yes, peregrine falcons are protected in the UK by law. An excellent example of that protection is currently published in today’s The Times newspaper. Network… Read More »Are peregrine falcons protected in the UK?
In the UK it is a crime to intentionally kill or injure birds of prey under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, with a sentence… Read More »Buzzards allegedly intentionally killed in Kneeton, Nottinghamshire
The RSPB say that the proposed Sizewell C powerstation earmarked to be built between Dunwich and Aldeburgh could cause catastrophic damage to wildlife because the… Read More »Sizewell C power station catastrophic for wildlife
Background Langholm Moor in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, has been in dispute between conservationists and the shooting lobby for decades. The arguments were over the… Read More »Key wildlife site in Scotland bought by conservationists
A scientist has uncovered how birds cope so well with turbulence with the help of a barn owl called Lily. Dr Shane Windsor discovered that… Read More »How birds cope so well with turbulence
$1 million worth of endangered shaheen falcons and a houbabra bustard have been seized by the authorities in Pakistan. They were destined for the Middle… Read More »$1 million of endangered birds of prey bound for Middle East seized in Pakistan
NEWS AND OPINION: The bird shooting community i.e. those people who like to shoot pheasants and grouse on the estates of toffs, includes people (gamekeepers… Read More »There are criminals in the bird shooting community who shoot birds illegally
This is another brilliant video from Martin of the South West Wildlife Foundation of Utah (and thanks to his wife for the filming). Martin has… Read More »Bald eagle survived after poisoning and not eating for 2-3 weeks
There is a beauty in the way Martin, the guy rescuing these birds of prey, behaves and in the way he handles the birds. He’s… Read More »Rescue of red-tailed hawk is beautiful but tinged with realism
Martin, the guy in the video, who has 50 years of rescuing animals and who is a specialist in rescuing and rehabilitating eagles says that… Read More »Wildlife rehabilitators might only survive for about three or four years
Birds are prone to a phenomenon known as “motion smear”. It makes the rotating blades of wind turbines invisible them. Therefore, the rotating blades occasionally… Read More »One black blade on a wind turbine protects eagles and birds in general
Wales’s last golden eagle has been found dead. It is believed that she was 15 or 16 years old. The cause of death is being… Read More »Last golden eagle of Wales dies at 16-years-of-age
The Earl of Hopetoun is Andrew Hope. His family has owned the Leadhills estate of 19,500 acres for 300 years. It is farmland and moorland… Read More »Earl of Hopetoun allegedly responsible for illegal killings of birds of prey