#RaptorResearch raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/10/o...

Hey @naturescot.bsky.social, would a 2 minute silence in memory of Merrick at the 'Revive' conference in Perth this weekend help to stiffen your resolve? 🧐 #ScottishEnvironment🌱 #RaptorPersecution #SportingEstates

NatureScot has been pathetic for years. Now it is shameful.

Merrick was shot & killed as she slept, over two years ago. NatureScot has had all the evidence on its desk for over 18 months. Now we're being asked to wait "a few weeks" more. It's pathetic. #RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/05/n...

Good summary of what illegal raptor persecution looks like in the UK, for anyone who missed the launch of @friendsofthedales.bsky.social new campaign last month. #RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/05/e...

Most likely the result of exposure to Second Generation Anti-coagulant Rodenticide (SGARs), which are known to be causing widespread harm to UK raptors & mammals ☠️ #RaptorResearch raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/05/p...

4 Northern Bald Ibis were killed with an air rifle in Extremadura in 2019. Covid caused issues with the police investigation, but they continues & last month the guilty party was sentenced, 1 year prison term, banned from hunting & fishing for 3 years & a 20,000Euro fine. @raptorpersuk.bsky.social

Another victim of a criminal with a shotgun. Hopefully this one will make it. #WildlifeCrime #RaptorResearch raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/04/s...

RSPB Scotland Director 'cautiously hopeful' that proposed amendment will provide a meaningful deterrent to stop the illegal killing of birds of prey on Scotland's grouse moors. #RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/04/s...

I am looking forward to speaking at the @revivecoalition.bsky.social conference on Sat 8 Nov. Come along for a fascinating day to dicuss findings of its Big Land Question project. www.perththeatreandconcerthall.com/whats-on/rev...

OCTOBER UPDATE Who Owns Scotland now published with total of 4850 landholdings (76.55% rural Scotland). The project is financed solely by subscription income which is not rising as fast as expansion expenditure so may have to slow the project down. Subscriptions start at £5 whoownsscotland.org.uk

Excellent news. Well done to all those who worked behind the scenes to make this happen. Thank you. @raptorpersuk.bsky.social @rspbscotland.bsky.social @markruskell.bsky.social

This is VERY good news - the massive loophole that allows grouse moor owners & their gamekeepers to avoid sanction for killing birds of prey is about to be closed. #RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime Discussion at @revivecoalition.bsky.social conf this w/e raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/03/b...

It goes beyond thoughtlessness. It's a public health risk. The industry needs shutting down ASAP.

They couldn’t even be bothered to recover the breast meat. ‘Natural bounty’, my arse. Hyopcrites. If there’s a surplus of ‘game’ this early in the season, I shudder to think what it will be like come January.

Another example of the thoughtless, feckless and unaccountable actions of the UK gamebird shooting industry, who yet again do what they like, when they like and to hell with the consequences, because there aren’t any. raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/03/s...

"During the scrutiny of the Wildlife Management and Muirburn Act we took detailed evidence on the role of muirburn in wildfire risk. There is very little credible evidence to support the hunting and shooting lobby’s ridiculous claim that these practices have any role in preventing wildfires“.

You were had! @scottishgov.bsky.social @jimfairliesnp.bsky.social Well done to @ariane-burgess.bsky.social for pointing out the fallacy of muirburn preventing wildfires. @raptorpersuk.bsky.social

Imagine being a Minister in Scottish Govt & sanctioning 6 months of torching this sensitive & important carbon-sequestering habitat, in a climate emergency & against will of Parliament, just so a handful of wealthy elites can get off on killing Red Grouse. raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/10/30/s...

Brilliant piece debunking the nonsense claim in the Daily Telegraph. But it’s dangerous nonsense, polarising attitudes & whipping up prejudice. The DTelegraph is such a shit newspaper. Oh, and the photo? Staged - captive eagle, already-dead lamb.

Not only pig ignorant but an attitude akin to burning “witches”

Victorian attitudes towards birds of prey in the UK are fueled by sensationalist fear-mongering like this, published routinely by mainstream media. #RaptorResearch raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/10/28/a...

Saw this and was appalled, but not surprised, at how quickly and easily the investigation was shut down.

If you want an insight into the difficulties faced by Police officers investigating suspected wildlife crime on privately-owned shooting estates in the UK, this is the programme for you. #RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/10/24/b...

NERF Chair Steve Downing points out 20 years of Govt failure in tackling the illegal killing of birds of prey on gamebird shooting estates in the UK. #RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/10/24/a...

Rational opinion needed to counter irrational & ill-informed hysteria from local sheep breeders' association. Questionnaire closes 31 Oct 2025 🔽 #RaptorResearch raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/10/23/s...

Excellent investigative work by Green Britain Foundation. Now over to North Wales Police... #WildlifeCrime raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/10/23/n...

This is going to be lively! @revivecoalition.bsky.social national conference, Perth Concert Hall, Saturday 8 November 2025. Programme & tickets available 🔽 raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/10/19/r...

Knowles-Brown is a former Chair of the Scottish Hawk Board & Vice Chair of the UK Hawk Board which provides welfare guidelines for those keeping raptors in captivity. #RaptorResearch raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/10/15/p...

“When grouse moor licences are redrawn to exclude the very areas where wildlife crime occurs, we are not deterring raptor persecution, we are enabling it.” @revivecoalition.bsky.social makes front page news again. #RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/10/14/o...

Strong article written by Max Wiszniewski, Campaign Manager for @revivecoalition.bsky.social & published by The Herald as part of its series on Scottish land reform. raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/10/13/g...

'The problem, which the Scottish Govt is willfully ignoring, is that muirburn is responsible for a large number of wildfires'. Insightful analysis from Nick Kempe on his excellent parkswatchscotland blog. raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/10/13/t...

But why would people devoted to shooting animals as a solution to, er, everything, need to misrepresent anyone? It defies sense!

‘Shooters want untrammelled predator control’. Quelle surprise. What else can you expect from an institution devoted to shooting animals? One which believes that only they are able to restore and maintain the ‘balance of nature’. Not only is it wrong, it’s breathtakingly arrogant.

'This is either shameless misrepresentation or whoever wrote that piece for Shooting Times is struggling to grasp the principles of basic English comprehension – you know, the stuff you learn at school when you’re eleven about context and drawing conclusions' raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/10/12/s...

F#ck me, SNP on the side of massive land owners...very disappointing!

It seems to me that when the SNP were in coalition with the Scottish Greens, the Greens held them to account to keep to their comittments to the environment. This is clearly no longer the case.

Research by the Diffley Partnership, commissioned by @revivecoalition.bsky.social featured on front page of The Herald this morning. Revive is at SNP conf this w/e where conversation expected to be lively after SNP decision to delay muirburn licensing. raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/10/11/s...

Photo shows aftermath of recent wildfire on Dinnet Muir National Nature Reserve in Aberdeenshire, caused by out-of-control muirburn by gamekeepers on nearby grouse moor. Photo by @kredp.bsky.social raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/10/11/s...

The aftermath, still smouldering in places. #muirburn #cnpa #dinnetnnr #tarland

Is there anyone with a backbone, sickening.

REVIVE's National Conference is going to be very interesting... Join us to hear more about this from @raptorpersuk.bsky.social on November 8th: www.perththeatreandconcerthall.com/whats-on/rev... Conference programme here: revive.scot/revives-nati...

Out of control Muirburn near Dinnet NNR today. Now in the forest.

Scottish Ministers, their officials and public agencies have completely lost their way on land and environment issues. What we are witnessing is the comprehensive capture of public policy by vested interests. #ScottishEnvironment 🌱

The Scottish Government: For the few, not the many!

Delighted to have Kirsty Jenkins, Director of Policy for @onekind.org join our panel at our upcoming National Conference on Saturday 8th November. We hope to see you there! Book your place⬇️ www.perththeatreandconcerthall.com/whats-on/rev...

Announcing our first speaker @ruthtingay.bsky.social (@raptorpersuk.bsky.social) who will be presenting at our upcoming National Conference. Scotland’s land reform journey is entering its most important chapter – and we want you to be part of it. ⬇️ www.perththeatreandconcerthall.com/whats-on/rev...

REVIVE National Conference programme announced! revive.scot/revives-nati... This November join REVIVE for a landmark event that could help shape a new future for Scotland’s people, wildlife and environment. Book your place ➡️ www.perththeatreandconcerthall.com/whats-on/rev...

Join us on Saturday 8th November to be part of a landmark event that is set to be a pivotal moment in Scotland's land reform journey. This year's conference is where the next chapter begins... Book your place ⬇️ www.perththeatreandconcerthall.com/whats-on/rev...

I thought the Scots government had more about them...landed interests still rule. Disappointing