Government to consider licensing for all gamebird shooting & releases in England. I don't think licensing is the answer but it's a good start. Now, about those 60 million non-native Pheasants & Red-legged Partridges released each year... #RaptorResearch raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/03/27/g...

The government has finally opened its public consultation, which should close the loopholes that have let hunting with hounds continue despite being banned. We’re urging everyone to take part: https://leagueacs.co.uk/2cFyW

Good news! Amended Scottish legislation provides for licence suspension/revocation where 'relevant offences' (wildlife crime & animal welfare) are committed outside the licensed area, if they're connected to grouse moor management. #RaptorResearch raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/03/26/l...

The shooting bodies have decided that "a head in the sand" policy is the best response they can offer. Not good enough! More and more of the public are becoming aware of the abhorrent behaviour of gamekeepers. @raptorpersuk.bsky.social

Game-shooting industry's response to the recent conviction of Perthshire gamekeeper Russell Mason ⚖️ #RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime #BirdingScotland 🌍 raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/03/23/g...

Convicted Scottish gamekeeper Russell Mason - more disturbing details about this case. Crikey! How on earth was he ever considered suitable to hold shotgun/firearms certificates? New blog ⬇️ #RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime 🌍 raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/03/18/c...

Scottish gamekeeper Russell Mason pleads guilty to battering a Goshawk to death on a shooting estate in Perthshire ⚖️ Excellent partnership investigation & prosecution by Police Scotland, RSPB, SSPCA, & COPFS 👏 New blog ⬇️ #RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime 🌍 raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/03/17/s...

Good news - High Court rules parts of Dartmoor have been mismanaged! Overgrazing has been damaging protected sites on Dartmoor. Read the Press Release about our latest legal challenge: wildjustice.org.uk?p=52680&prev...

Trial due to begin tomorrow for a Scottish gamekeeper accused of killing a Goshawk on a Perthshire shooting estate. NB: Comments turned off as criminal proceedings are live ⚖️ #RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime 🌍 raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/03/16/t...

It's almost a guilty pleasure of train-crash-watching to see an industry/sport work so hard, in so many different ways - biocide, raptor persecution, access issues, carcass dumping - to get itself banned...

National Parks should be wild spaces brimming with native wildlife. Not dumping grounds or disease pits for "the few."

Utterly shameful. Makes me want to sell my guns.

Absolutely disgusting, what is wrong with these people @cairngormsnews.bsky.social how is this allowed to happen.

Is this how we want our national parks to be treated? Used for killing wildlife which, having served their blood letting purpose, are then dumped. @cairngormsnews.bsky.social @raptorpersuk.bsky.social

‘Guardians of the Countryside’, my arse.

This is appalling. And not just because it's in the Cairngorms National Park. raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/03/11/g...

Sadly, North Yorkshire has a terrible reputation for raptor persecution - and it seems that North Yorkshire Police don’t particularly care. Thank you for continuing to shine a spotlight on this.

What's happened to the police investigation in to the poisoned Hen Harrier found dead on the edge of a grouse moor in North Yorkshire? #RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime 🌍 raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/03/10/w...

Good news but it should be a total ban

Natural England confirms tighter restrictions on gamebird releases on/near to Special Protection Areas in England. This includes no gamebird releases in the 'heartland' of the Breckland SPA in Norfolk/Suffolk. New blog ⬇️ raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/03/09/n...

Alleged breaches of mandatory Bird Flu biosecurity regulations on Guy Ritchie's Pheasant & Partridge shoot in Wiltshire. New blog ⬇️ raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/03/09/a...

More restrictions expected for gamebird releases this year on/near Special Protection Areas in England due to heightened risk of spreading Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (Bird Flu). A total ban would be better but this is better than nothing. New blog ⬇️ raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/03/09/m...

UK Government confirms ban on sale and use of toxic lead ammunition for live quarry shooting from 1st April 2029. Good news for the environment & wildlife (especially raptors!) New blog ⬇️ #RaptorResearch raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/03/05/u...

Can someone tell Shooting Times that snaring was banned in Wales in 2023. Another embarrassing blunder... raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/03/05/c...

Outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (Bird Flu) at large gamebird rearing farm in North Yorkshire ☠️ New blog ⬇️ raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/03/04/o...

Raptor Persecution UK blog reaches 16th birthday and passes 13 million views. Thanks to everyone who follows the blog & supports its aims 🙏 #RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime 🌍 raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/03/03/r...

NatureScot reinstates use of General Licences on Raeshaw Estate during appeal process. New blog ⬇️ #RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime 🌍 raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/03/03/n...

Some commentary on the murder conviction of ex-Head Gamekeeper David Campbell. #RaptorResearch raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/02/27/s...

Goshawk shot in Derbyshire - police appeal for information. #RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime 🌍 raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/02/26/g...

Sentencing remarks & statement from Police Scotland after conviction of gamekeeper David Campbell for shotgun murder of ex-colleague Brian Low ⚖️ #RaptorResearch raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/02/26/s...

Retired gamekeeper David Campbell guilty of murdering ex-colleague Brian Low, with whom he worked on the Edradynate Estate. This estate was one of the worst for raptor persecution. Lots to say about this one... glad they finally got him ⚖️ #RaptorResearch raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/02/25/s...

I just signed a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social petition: Help Stop the Criminal Killing of Birds of Prey. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/he...

We can only hope that the government gets behind these reforms - neither costly nor rocket science to bring about.... Three reforms to stop the criminal killing of birds of prey - new petition to UK Minister from Friends of the Dales raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/02/19/t...

If you’d like to see an end to the wanton killing of our birds of prey, then sign this. I have: @theactionnetwork.bsky.social actionnetwork.org/petitions/he...

Sign it everyone! This legal reform is needed.

Please consider signing this petition to stop raptor persecution criminality.

Three legal reforms to stop the criminal killing of birds of prey - new petition to UK Minister from @friendsofthedales.bsky.social Details & link to petition in blog 🔽 #RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime 🌍 raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/02/19/t...

Sorry to hear of the passing of Christopher Graffius, former Director of Comms at BASC. One of the few in the shooting world leadership to stick his neck on the line & acknowledge the continued illegal persecution of raptors on gamebird shooting estates. raptorpersecutionuk.org/2017/11/02/c...

Give this amazing guy a boost to do more for streets kids & urban wildlife in Nairobi: vote at vote.eaya.africa (wildlife conservation award) #birds #kenya

General Licence restriction imposed in relation to shooting of Golden Eagle 'Merrick'. Raeshaw Estate claims this is "wholly unjustified" & says it will appeal the decision. Statement from estate & commentary from me 🔽 #RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/02/11/r...

Three-year General Licence restriction imposed on Raeshaw Estate (again), this time relating to the shooting of Golden Eagle Merrick. Statement from NatureScot & commentary from me ⬇️ #RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime 🌍 raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/02/10/t...

MORE commentary on the sentencing of Yorkshire Dales gamekeeper Racster Dingwall ⚖️ Pertinent points made by the Northern England Raptor Forum (NERF), representing raptor fieldworkers. #RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime 🌍 raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/02/10/m...

It's more of the same. Nothing changes, despite requests for it to do so. Pathetic. @snp.org

The feeble way successive governments have barely wrung their hands at constant crime against wildlife has emboldened these psychotic criminals to keep on committing these horrendous acts of barbarity. Only when tougher punishments are handed down will we see a change

Golden Eagle found shot in the Scottish Borders - Police Scotland appeals for information. 'Hamlet' is the sixth victim of eagle persecution in south Scotland in recent years. Details in blog ⬇️ #RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime #BirdingScotland 🌍 raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/02/09/g...

Amazing work by @jeanwildlife.bsky.social

Moorland Association (grouse moor owners' lobby group in England) lodges appeal against recent High Court decision to refuse judicial review of Defra's peatland burning regulations ⚖️🔥 Looks like someone's got grouse moors & money to burn! Legal summary 🔽 raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/02/08/m...

Shot Buzzard found nr Wigginton, York. Currently in the expert care of @jeanwildlife.bsky.social North Yorkshire living up to its reputation as the worst county in England for illegal raptor persecution. #RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/02/08/s...

Yorkshire Dales Moorland Group in desperate attempt to divert attention away from conviction of Yorkshire Dales gamekeeper Racster Dingwall. raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/02/07/y...

Murder trial due to begin: former Head Gamekeeper David Campbell of Edradynate Estate (Perthshire, Scotland) accused of killing ex-colleague Brian Low with a shotgun. NB: Comments turned off as criminal proceedings are live ⚖️ raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/02/01/m...