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Monthly Archives: March 2014
Red kite poisonings in Easter Ross – some thoughts
There will be few who do not utterly condemn the recent poisoning of ten red kites and four buzzards in Easter Ross. While I’ve no intention in discussing any detail of this case I’ve been flabbergasted by some comments on … Continue reading
Mounted fox hunting – pest control or sport?
I’ve been following links in several tweets regarding the attempt to overturn or moderate the Hunting Act 2004 in England and Wales. Scotland preceded this Act by two years and it has been operating fairly successfully here since that time. … Continue reading
Specialist birds
We have a large rookery nearby so are visited regularly by rooks. Just now they are intent on snapping twigs from our larch trees for their nest building, but they are also becoming rather troublesome at the feeders. Some are … Continue reading
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Tagged blue, chaffinch, collared dove, greenfinch, jackdaw, rook, tit, woodpigeon
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The UN’s Lone Ranger – a review
The UN’s Lone Ranger : Combating international wildlife crime This book, by John M Sellar, a senior police officer of over two decades experience, who then served as Deputy, then Chief of Enforcement of the Secretariat for CITES, the Convention … Continue reading
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Tagged CITES, elephant ivory, John M Sellar, rhino horn, sturgeon, The UN's Lone Ranger, United Nations
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Wild bird egg thieves – how you can help
For the few remaining criminals in the UK who raid the nests of rare birds to steal eggs for their collection, the season is beginning. Early nesting birds such as the raven and heron may already have been targeted. … Continue reading
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Tagged avocet, black-throated diver, heron, honey buzzard, illegal egg collection, little tern, National Wildlife Crime Unit, nesting Schedule 1 birds, nightingale, Operation Easter, osprey, Protection of Birds Act 1954, raven, red-throated diver, RSPB, stone curlew, white-tailed eagle, wild bird egg thieves, Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, wood warbler, woodpecker
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Shot white-tailed eagle in Ireland – some thoughts
The Irish press and Twitter are reverberating with reports of one of the first two white-tailed eagles to fledge in Ireland having been found near Tipperary with 40/50 shotgun pellets in it. From the number and the spread of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Gardai, National Parks and Wildlife Service, NPWS, shot white-tailed eagle, Tipperary
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