Monthly Archives: March 2021

What kind of bird had come in to the house?

My daughter Janet sounded the alarm earlier this afternoon. ‘Dad, could you help me please, there’s a bird in the house.’ I went out into the hall to join her. ‘Could you keep the dogs back just in case.’ We’d … Continue reading

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A second prize in a red kite poisoning investigation

I read on several blogs and websites of the appalling incident on the North York Moors where a person with a tethered eagle owl lured in and shot two buzzards. The crime was investigated by North Yorkshire Police, possibly the … Continue reading

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‘I would shoot all these bloody eagles’

I read the article yesterday on Raptor Persecution UK about the proposed reintroduction of white-tailed eagles to Norfolk and the letter to a newspaper voicing a negative view on this. Reading the letter reminded me of a conversation I had … Continue reading

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