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Monthly Archives: June 2015
RSPB surveillance on private land
I read on the Raptor Politics blog that after a trial on 29 June a gamekeeper had been found not guilty in relation to wildlife charges by a district judge at Telford Magistrates court. According to the blog an investigations … Continue reading
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Tagged covert surveillance, dead buzzard, Larsen trap, National Wildlife Crime Unit, police wildlife crime officers, Raptor Politics, Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000, RIP(S)A, RIPA, RSPB investigations officer, Telford Magistrates Court, white quail
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Death in the afternoon
An incident today reminded me that I have not blogged about the garden birds for a while. Some of the family were staying with us over the weekend and yesterday afternoon, in a rare spell of sunshine, we sat out … Continue reading
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Tagged blackbird, blue tit, bullfinch, chaffinch, coal tit, collared dove, collared dove nest, dunnock, great tit, greenfinch, house sparrow, sparrowhawk, whitethroat, woodpigeon, yellowhammer
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Captive fox cubs and missing hen harriers
The League against Cruel Sports recently reported to the police that 16 fox cubs were being held in a barn near Malton in North Yorkshire. They claimed that the shed was fitted out to resemble a fox den, with large … Continue reading
Casualty Hen – an update
‘Casualty Hen’ has now been re-named ‘Houdini Hen’. I introduced the hen that was having its backside picked back to the others a week ago. I waited till after dark till all the hens were on their perches in the … Continue reading
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Tagged blackbirds, blue tits, casualty hen, chaffinches, coal tits, collared doves, dunnocks, great tits, great-spotted woodpecker, greenfinches, hens, Houdini hen, mealworms, robins, sparrows, woodpigeons
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