Satellite tagging shines a light on the illegal killing of Hen Harriers

Satellite tagging shines a light on the illegal killing of Hen Harriers

Although a protected species, #HenHarriers are being illegally killed. Help prevent these crimes.

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Save Our Hen Harriers! It’s time for the UK Government to license gamebird shooting in England and give Hen Harriers the protection they deserve. Contact your MP today and help stop the illegal killing of these incredible ...

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UK Government to license gamebird shooting in England and give #HenHarriers the protection they deserve.

Please help spread the word - contact your MP today and help stop the illegal killing of these incredible birds!
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Feeling very queasy - lots of anger inducing information to digest this morning. #henharriers
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Report of the Death of Three Young Hen Harriers | Hen Harrier Action It is with great sadness that we have to report the death of three of the four young Hen Harriers satellite tagged this Summer thanks to donations from supporters.

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It is with great sadness that we report the death of three of the four young Hen Harriers satellite tagged this year, carrying our hopes for increasing the meagre and much persecuted UK population.
#birds #conservation #henharriers
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On a happy note. What did I learn at the #Raptor conference this weekend. The journey to #Durham was worth the trip - #Owls & #Henharriers are simply stunning. I want to see a #Henharrier in #England #Skydance but unfortunately arse holes R stopping them from existing in the #natural #world.

Well worth an hour of your time if you’re interested in finding out more…

#HenHarriers #WildlifeCrime
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Rare bird of prey feared shot in Yorkshire Dales The protected hen harrier is one of the rarest in the UK, and the bird Sita was satellite tagged.

What is it with people shooting our diminishing #wildlife, #HenHarriers
Rare bird of prey feared shot in Yorkshire Dales. @raptorpersuk.bsky.social

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Rare Hen Harrier likely to have been shot in national park One-year-old bird is the 29th to disappear in the Yorkshire Dales National Park since 2015.

29 in 10 years! I love living here in the #YorkshireDales but this makes me feel angry & ashamed.

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This is happening on your watch,
@yorkshiredales.org.uk Will you now demand compulsory licensing of grouse moors?

#HenHarriers @raptorpersuk.bsky.social

A lot of good news here - but sadly, the persecution continues…
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#HenHarriers

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Say hello to Frigg (Odin‘s wife in Norse mythology) born in the #IsleofMan 🇮🇲 and one of four #HenHarriers satellite tagged thanks to donations from supporters at
@henharrieraction.bsky.social . Blue skies and fair winds little one. #raptors

Brilliant work by the RSPB team at #Geltsdale #Cumbria in helping these chicks to fledge.

Otherwise, this is completely appalling and the criminal killing has to stop. #HenHarriers @northpennines.bsky.social #CumbriaPolice

Why are these criminal acts not being prosecuted?
Over past 5y, record numbers of #HenHarriers killed or ‘gone missing’ says @RSPB.
Most have occurred on/near grouse moors in north England.
RSPB calling on Govt to license grouse shooting in England as in Scotland to deter wildlife crime.

Bird Crime Report 2023 The Bird Crime Report 2023 summarises 15 years’ worth of data around illegal raptor persecution and other bird crimes in the UK. Read the latest report here

Hen Harriers in the firing line 2025

The illegal killing of Hen Harriers in the UK - a brand new report from the RSPB:

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#RaptorPeresecution #shooting #GrooseShooting #HenHarriers #BirdsOfPrey

... #GoldenEagles #Owls #HenHarriers #Buzzards #Peregrines et al killed, so a few inadequates can blast #grouse #pheasants etc out of our skies for "fun"!! It really beggars belief.
Time NOW to #JustBanShoots
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Ever wondered the main differences between male and female #HenHarriers?

Discover the top 3️⃣ below!👇

Natural England closes the hen harrier brood meddling trial & delays decision on wider roll-out of licences Further to this morning’s blog about Natural England’s farcical interim evaluation of whether, as a result of brood meddling, attitudes within the grouse shooting industry had changed t…

Despite 70+ years of legal protection, and over £1 million of public money wasted on years of pantomime ‘partnerships’ and a sham #BroodMeddling trial, #HenHarriers are STILL being killed illegally by many within the UK #grouse shooting industry.

raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/03/14/n...
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Police officers with drones, detection dogs and metal detectors

Detective Inspector Mark Harrison of the National Wildlife Crime Unit

Multi-agency Hen Harrier Task Force on moorland with detection dogs, drones and metal detectors in April 2024

Fascinating interview with Detective Inspector Mark Harrison of the National Wildlife Crime Unit, discussing the innovative techniques they are using for wildlife crime detection.
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#wildlifecrime #NWCU #henharriers

Raptor killing on grouse moors - Hen Harriers - Wild Justice The grouse shooting industry doesn’t like to talk about raptor killing because it’s wildlife crime. It’s not good for an […]

#Illegal #killing of #HenHarriers on #grouse #shooting #moors: wildjustice.org.uk/raptor-perse...

You probably won't see too many #HenHarriers in the @rspb.bsky.social #BigGardenBirdwatch this weekend - but do take part safely in this important citizen science work.💪

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Every year we support our valued partner @rspbinvestigations.bsky.social providing them with satellite tags as part of their work monitoring #HenHarriers.

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Male Hen Harrier on a branch

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We'll use this platform to share our news, provide conservation updates, and amplify the voices of those working to protect #HenHarriers across the UK.

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Hen Harrier Food Pass - by wildlife artist, Jane Smith

More of this artist's glorious artwork, here: janesmithwildlifeart.weebly.com

#henharriers #art #birdart #birds

Curious about Nature Cambridge Core - Natural Resource Management, Agriculture...

New CUP book out soon - Curious about Nature: A Passion for Fieldwork

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It includes a chapter about my PhD fieldwork on #HenHarriers in #Orkney. That chapter appears...

New satellite tag data reveal suspicious clustering of ‘m... [UPDATE 27th August 2018: The three maps below have now b...

This looks important raptorpersecutionscotland.wordpress.com/2018/08/26/new-satellite... H/T @MarkAvery #henharriers

We really must rethink the bonkers idea of Hen Harrier 'brood management'. #henharriers #environment commonbynature.co.uk/2018/01/19/we-really-mus...

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Leading countryside organisations say hen harriers need p... SIX countryside groups have joined forces to call on Defr...

You can only say the same thing so many times, without taking action, before words seem hollow. #henharriers www.cravenherald.co.uk/daleslife/13599954.Leadi...

I wrote a piece about Hen Harrier day for @LushLifeEN https://uk.lush.com/article/miles-king-hen-harriers #HenHarriers #grouse #inglorious12th #glorious12th

Female begging calls reflect nutritional need of nestling...

Our new paper on #henharriers just out in BMC Evol Biol - Female begging calls reflect nutritional need of nestlings http://rdcu.be/tzXh