@dizzygirl66.bsky.social
@harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @annaaubrey.bsky.social coombe and shipstal .2 peregrine buzzard red kite pintail dunlin curlew redshank wigeon teal Brent geese little egret goldfinch goldcrest long tailed tits marsh harrier cormorant 31 spoonbill black tailed godwits oycs
December 6, 2025 at 2:01 PM
@harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @annaaubrey.bsky.social coombe and shipstal .2 peregrine buzzard red kite pintail dunlin curlew redshank wigeon teal Brent geese little egret goldfinch goldcrest long tailed tits marsh harrier cormorant 31 spoonbill black tailed godwits oycs
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Attempt to downlist conservation status of Peregrine Falcons to allow international trade is thwarted at CITES Conference. #CITESCoP20
Good news for Peregrines, but not sure why UK voted to support this proposal!
#RaptorResearch
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/12/04/a...
Good news for Peregrines, but not sure why UK voted to support this proposal!
#RaptorResearch
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/12/04/a...
Attempt to downlist conservation status of Peregrine Falcons (to allow international trade) is thwarted at CITES conference
To the relief of many raptor conservationists, a proposal to downlist the Peregrine Falcon from Appendix 1 to Appendix II of CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species), which w…
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December 4, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Attempt to downlist conservation status of Peregrine Falcons to allow international trade is thwarted at CITES Conference. #CITESCoP20
Good news for Peregrines, but not sure why UK voted to support this proposal!
#RaptorResearch
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/12/04/a...
Good news for Peregrines, but not sure why UK voted to support this proposal!
#RaptorResearch
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/12/04/a...
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Over £500,000 of public money spent on a doomed attempt to "reintroduce" European hen harriers to the UK.
It seems Natural England will do anything to avoid confronting the landowners, hunters, farmers and game keepers who persecute these birds. They also go to great lengths to avoid transparency.
It seems Natural England will do anything to avoid confronting the landowners, hunters, farmers and game keepers who persecute these birds. They also go to great lengths to avoid transparency.
More detail on Natural England's decision to close its Hen Harrier Southern Reintroduction Project (& a discussion on how much public funding has been wasted on this pointless project).
#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/12/02/m...
#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/12/02/m...
More detail on Natural England’s decision to close Hen Harrier Southern Reintroduction Project
Back in September, Natural England announced its decision to end its controversial plan to ‘reintroduce’ Hen Harriers to southern England (see here). The decision was widely welcomed by…
raptorpersecutionuk.org
December 2, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Over £500,000 of public money spent on a doomed attempt to "reintroduce" European hen harriers to the UK.
It seems Natural England will do anything to avoid confronting the landowners, hunters, farmers and game keepers who persecute these birds. They also go to great lengths to avoid transparency.
It seems Natural England will do anything to avoid confronting the landowners, hunters, farmers and game keepers who persecute these birds. They also go to great lengths to avoid transparency.
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And then back home I immediately come across this. Sickening.
Hen Harrier found poisoned on a grouse moor in North Yorkshire.
Once again, details have only come to light through scrutiny of a spreadsheet - where's the publicity from the Police? This is supposed to be a national wildlife crime priority!
#RaptorResearch
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/12/01/h...
Once again, details have only come to light through scrutiny of a spreadsheet - where's the publicity from the Police? This is supposed to be a national wildlife crime priority!
#RaptorResearch
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/12/01/h...
Hen Harrier found poisoned on a grouse moor in North Yorkshire
I’ve blogged recently about a number of illegally-killed Hen Harriers whose deaths have not been publicised by the authorities (Hen Harrier ‘Susie’ who was found dead with gunshot…
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December 1, 2025 at 6:53 PM
And then back home I immediately come across this. Sickening.
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Goshawk dies from gunshot injuries in Aberdeenshire - Police Scotland appeals for information raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/12/01/g...
Goshawk dies from gunshot injuries in Aberdeenshire – Police Scotland appeals for information
Press release from Police Scotland (1 December 2025): APPEAL FOR INFORMATION AFTER BIRD OF PREY SHOT IN ABERDEENSHIRE Officers are appealing for information after a bird of prey was shot in Aberdee…
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December 1, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Goshawk dies from gunshot injuries in Aberdeenshire - Police Scotland appeals for information raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/12/01/g...
@harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social bright but chilly morning at middlebere nt hide. Fieldfare thrush m harrier sparrowhawk merlin. Shovler plntail teal etc. Avocets blk tailed godwits little egrets distant wte. Curlew snipe @annaaubrey.bsky.social Mark Wright and Debbie.
November 30, 2025 at 6:38 PM
@harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social bright but chilly morning at middlebere nt hide. Fieldfare thrush m harrier sparrowhawk merlin. Shovler plntail teal etc. Avocets blk tailed godwits little egrets distant wte. Curlew snipe @annaaubrey.bsky.social Mark Wright and Debbie.
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How to train your Dragons! @sueket.bsky.social on Brownsea today. Over 20 Common Darters (and a Southern Hawker seen later!) including pairs still egg laying @britishdragonflies.bsky.social @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social
November 28, 2025 at 4:49 PM
How to train your Dragons! @sueket.bsky.social on Brownsea today. Over 20 Common Darters (and a Southern Hawker seen later!) including pairs still egg laying @britishdragonflies.bsky.social @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social
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A Narwhal has washed up on the Irish coast for the first time:
Narwhal recorded in Ireland for the first time
A female Narwhal washed ashore on a Co Donegal beach, marking the first confirmed record of this Arctic whale species in Irish waters. Scientists are investigating whether climate change could explain the unprecedented stranding.
bit.ly
November 28, 2025 at 9:57 AM
A Narwhal has washed up on the Irish coast for the first time:
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Winter has landed with a range of new arrivals settling into the harbour. Our Winter Safari on Wed logged 2 Velvet Scoter, 8 BN Grebe, 1 Slav Grebe, 1 GN Diver, 2 WT Eagle, loads of waders & wildfowl, 18 Spoonbill even a Swallow!
Book Now: www.birdsofpooleharbourbookings.co.uk
📸 Elin Wylie Davies
Book Now: www.birdsofpooleharbourbookings.co.uk
📸 Elin Wylie Davies
November 28, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Winter has landed with a range of new arrivals settling into the harbour. Our Winter Safari on Wed logged 2 Velvet Scoter, 8 BN Grebe, 1 Slav Grebe, 1 GN Diver, 2 WT Eagle, loads of waders & wildfowl, 18 Spoonbill even a Swallow!
Book Now: www.birdsofpooleharbourbookings.co.uk
📸 Elin Wylie Davies
Book Now: www.birdsofpooleharbourbookings.co.uk
📸 Elin Wylie Davies
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In yuk weather . NT MiddleBere - Knot , Grey plovers, avocet , Dunlin, marsh harrier, buzzard . mistle thrush and field fares plus lots of usual suspects .
Then RSPB Shipstal 21 Spoonbill +. Grey but birdy .
@harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social
Then RSPB Shipstal 21 Spoonbill +. Grey but birdy .
@harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 5:56 PM
In yuk weather . NT MiddleBere - Knot , Grey plovers, avocet , Dunlin, marsh harrier, buzzard . mistle thrush and field fares plus lots of usual suspects .
Then RSPB Shipstal 21 Spoonbill +. Grey but birdy .
@harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social
Then RSPB Shipstal 21 Spoonbill +. Grey but birdy .
@harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social
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A few tickets for tomorrow’s free Poole Quay Birding Walk have come up! 🏡🦆
Free tickets but limited places 10am-12pm. Book below
www.birdsofpooleharbourbookings.co.uk/event/intro-...
Free tickets but limited places 10am-12pm. Book below
www.birdsofpooleharbourbookings.co.uk/event/intro-...
November 26, 2025 at 3:02 PM
A few tickets for tomorrow’s free Poole Quay Birding Walk have come up! 🏡🦆
Free tickets but limited places 10am-12pm. Book below
www.birdsofpooleharbourbookings.co.uk/event/intro-...
Free tickets but limited places 10am-12pm. Book below
www.birdsofpooleharbourbookings.co.uk/event/intro-...
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Amazing sky over Lytchett Bay this morning , 2 Marsh Harrier ,Kingfisher and some Wigeon on a high tide ! @harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Amazing sky over Lytchett Bay this morning , 2 Marsh Harrier ,Kingfisher and some Wigeon on a high tide ! @harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social
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The rather mad spectacle of 2 White-tailed Eagle flying around together over Abbotsbury STW with a Red Kite for company! I also saw a WTE earlier this morning flying along the Chesil Beach at Moonfleet. @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @harbourbirds.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 12:37 PM
The rather mad spectacle of 2 White-tailed Eagle flying around together over Abbotsbury STW with a Red Kite for company! I also saw a WTE earlier this morning flying along the Chesil Beach at Moonfleet. @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @harbourbirds.bsky.social
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Hen Harrier found dead in Northumberland National Park with shotgun damage to satellite tag raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/24/h...
Hen Harrier found dead in Northumberland National Park with shotgun damage to satellite tag
This is a blog about one of those dead Hen Harriers for whom we’ve been waiting over a year for Natural England to confirm the cause of death. A Hen Harrier (photo by Pete Walkden) The young …
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November 24, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Hen Harrier found dead in Northumberland National Park with shotgun damage to satellite tag raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/24/h...
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We've managed to read the BTO ring number of the adult female from this years' live hobby nest camera. EZ92156. Ringed by DRSG in 2019 as a chick at another F.E. site 8.5 miles away. To think she will have travelled at least 50,000 miles migrating alone!
November 24, 2025 at 7:30 AM
We've managed to read the BTO ring number of the adult female from this years' live hobby nest camera. EZ92156. Ringed by DRSG in 2019 as a chick at another F.E. site 8.5 miles away. To think she will have travelled at least 50,000 miles migrating alone!
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New report on gamebird releases in Cairngorms National Park doesn't tell even half the story raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/21/n...
New report on gamebird releases in Cairngorms National Park doesn’t tell even half the story
In spring 2025, news emerged that the GWCT (Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust) was going to be conducting a pilot study to look at the number of non-native gamebirds (Pheasants & Red-legge…
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November 21, 2025 at 8:37 AM
New report on gamebird releases in Cairngorms National Park doesn't tell even half the story raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/21/n...
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Another 'missing' Hen Harrier, this time in the Moorfoot Hills, south of Edinburgh - a well known hotbed of illegal raptor persecution over several decades.
#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/20/s...
#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/20/s...
Satellite-tagged Hen Harrier ‘Circe’ disappears in suspicious circumstances in Moorfoot Hills, south Scotland
Press release from Hen Harrier Action (20th November 2025) HEN HARRIER ACTION APPEALS FOR INFORMATION AS ANOTHER RARE HEN HARRIER SUSPECTED TO HAVE BEEN ILLEGALLY KILLED IN SCOTLAND A satellite tag…
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November 20, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Another 'missing' Hen Harrier, this time in the Moorfoot Hills, south of Edinburgh - a well known hotbed of illegal raptor persecution over several decades.
#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/20/s...
#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/20/s...
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From my Brother-in-law this morning ( 3 WTE flyingat Kimmeridge ) . @harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetbirder.bsky.social @roydennis.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 1:47 PM
From my Brother-in-law this morning ( 3 WTE flyingat Kimmeridge ) . @harbourbirds.bsky.social @dorsetbirder.bsky.social @roydennis.bsky.social
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Any keen guest bloggers out there?
See September's feature on peregrines. Maybe you too have a story or experience of wild owls, hawks or harriers in Dorset? Drop us a DM, we look forward to hearing from you, thanks
@dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social @rspbengland.bsky.social
See September's feature on peregrines. Maybe you too have a story or experience of wild owls, hawks or harriers in Dorset? Drop us a DM, we look forward to hearing from you, thanks
@dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social @rspbengland.bsky.social
Guest blog: Sept 2025 — Dorset Raptor Study Group
Watching peregrines can be an amazing experience and now something possible surprisingly close to home. See peregrines through the eyes of a local enthusiast as welcome to our first guest blog by loca...
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November 20, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Any keen guest bloggers out there?
See September's feature on peregrines. Maybe you too have a story or experience of wild owls, hawks or harriers in Dorset? Drop us a DM, we look forward to hearing from you, thanks
@dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social @rspbengland.bsky.social
See September's feature on peregrines. Maybe you too have a story or experience of wild owls, hawks or harriers in Dorset? Drop us a DM, we look forward to hearing from you, thanks
@dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social @rspbengland.bsky.social
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Sadly, we have seen a big increase in avian flu cases in the UK - particularly in waterfowl
Whilst the risk to the public remains assessed as very low, Government advice is not to touch any visibly sick or dead birds, and to keep pets away
Read on for ways to help:
📷Ben Andrew
Whilst the risk to the public remains assessed as very low, Government advice is not to touch any visibly sick or dead birds, and to keep pets away
Read on for ways to help:
📷Ben Andrew
November 19, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Sadly, we have seen a big increase in avian flu cases in the UK - particularly in waterfowl
Whilst the risk to the public remains assessed as very low, Government advice is not to touch any visibly sick or dead birds, and to keep pets away
Read on for ways to help:
📷Ben Andrew
Whilst the risk to the public remains assessed as very low, Government advice is not to touch any visibly sick or dead birds, and to keep pets away
Read on for ways to help:
📷Ben Andrew
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New independent report reveals locations of poisoned raptors in northern England, 2015-2023 - information that has been suppressed by government raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/17/n...
New independent report reveals locations of poisoned raptors in northern England, 2015-2023 – information that has been suppressed by government
Press release from independent group, Wildlife Poisoning Research UK, 15th November 2025. WHERE THE POISONED BODIES WERE FOUND! Many people probably imagine that the use of poisons to kill protecte…
raptorpersecutionuk.org
November 17, 2025 at 6:10 PM
New independent report reveals locations of poisoned raptors in northern England, 2015-2023 - information that has been suppressed by government raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/17/n...
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New independent report reveals locations of poisoned raptors in northern England 2015 - 2023 - info that has been suppressed by Govt.
#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/17/n...
#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/17/n...
New independent report reveals locations of poisoned raptors in northern England, 2015-2023 – information that has been suppressed by government
Press release from independent group, Wildlife Poisoning Research UK, 15th November 2025. WHERE THE POISONED BODIES WERE FOUND! Many people probably imagine that the use of poisons to kill protecte…
raptorpersecutionuk.org
November 17, 2025 at 3:27 PM
New independent report reveals locations of poisoned raptors in northern England 2015 - 2023 - info that has been suppressed by Govt.
#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/17/n...
#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/17/n...
Omg can it get any worse I bet he doesn't have a clue about wtes he is just jumping on a political bandstand 🤬🤬
November 17, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Omg can it get any worse I bet he doesn't have a clue about wtes he is just jumping on a political bandstand 🤬🤬
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Just had a Hooded Crow (or hybrid) fly north over the A35 at Winterbourne Steepleton with two Carrion Crows @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Just had a Hooded Crow (or hybrid) fly north over the A35 at Winterbourne Steepleton with two Carrion Crows @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social
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On our recent #BirdingTwoContinents tour this #Osprey flew over us on the fabled Merja Zerga lagoon in #Morocco
We now know that she was ringed by Roy Dennis at a nest near Loch Insh in #Scotland on 10/7/18 - this is the first time she has been recorded in over 7 years since her first migration!
We now know that she was ringed by Roy Dennis at a nest near Loch Insh in #Scotland on 10/7/18 - this is the first time she has been recorded in over 7 years since her first migration!
November 14, 2025 at 8:26 PM
On our recent #BirdingTwoContinents tour this #Osprey flew over us on the fabled Merja Zerga lagoon in #Morocco
We now know that she was ringed by Roy Dennis at a nest near Loch Insh in #Scotland on 10/7/18 - this is the first time she has been recorded in over 7 years since her first migration!
We now know that she was ringed by Roy Dennis at a nest near Loch Insh in #Scotland on 10/7/18 - this is the first time she has been recorded in over 7 years since her first migration!