Monthly Archives: November 2015

Wildlife crime sentencing – comment

Posted on November 20, 2015 by wildlifedetective

I have just finished reading the excellent paper on possible increases in penalties for wildlife crime. There are ten recommendations and I wrote my comments on the first two recommendations before reading the body of the report. I am pleased … Continue reading →

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Sufficiency of evidence for wildlife crime in Scotland

Posted on November 18, 2015 by wildlifedetective

An article appeared in the Courier the other day based on my blog of 27 October, How do you prove who killed these raptors? Apart from stating that I was an intelligence officer with the National Wildlife Crime Unit, from … Continue reading →

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Two Scottish estates lose right to use general licences

Posted on November 8, 2015 by wildlifedetective

I listened yesterday on BBC Scotland Out of Doors to an interview of Robbie Kernahan of Scottish Natural Heritage on the restriction of the use of General Licences on the lands of two estates in Scotland. These are the first … Continue reading →

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Snaring and entomology

Posted on November 5, 2015 by wildlifedetective

I see in my local newspaper today that fly larvae have been aged by the Natural History Museum in London, allowing a successful prosecution against a gamekeeper for snaring offences. A badger had been caught in the snare, set in … Continue reading →

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Buzzard outflanks woodpigeon

Posted on November 4, 2015 by wildlifedetective

I was driving on a country road near my home village earlier today when a cloud of woodpigeons lifted off a field. There would be upwards of 1000 birds, yet this was in an area where I have never seen … Continue reading →

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