Oxonbirder
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We desperately need some convictions for these crimes - not just those killing the birds, but those who are paying them to do it.
The shooting estates refuse to clean up their act. It's time to make them.
The shooting estates refuse to clean up their act. It's time to make them.
FOURTH White-tailed Eagle disappears - RSPB offers reward for information leading to a conviction for this one or any of the other three.
New blog ⬇️⬇️
#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/12/19/f...
New blog ⬇️⬇️
#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/12/19/f...
Fourth White-tailed Eagle ‘disappears’ & RSPB offers £10,000 reward for information leading to a conviction
Following the appalling news over the last couple of days about the highly suspicious, and almost certainly criminal, disappearance of three satellite-tagged White-tailed Eagles here, here and here…
raptorpersecutionuk.org
December 20, 2025 at 7:46 AM
We desperately need some convictions for these crimes - not just those killing the birds, but those who are paying them to do it.
The shooting estates refuse to clean up their act. It's time to make them.
The shooting estates refuse to clean up their act. It's time to make them.
I've just called on the UK Government to stop Berwick Bank!
The world's deadliest wind farm for birds shouldn't be funded by public money.
action.rspb.org.uk/page/183454/...
The world's deadliest wind farm for birds shouldn't be funded by public money.
action.rspb.org.uk/page/183454/...
Stop Berwick Bank!
The UK Government could soon award public money to the world's deadliest windfarm for birds. Speak up now.
action.rspb.org.uk
December 13, 2025 at 10:33 AM
I've just called on the UK Government to stop Berwick Bank!
The world's deadliest wind farm for birds shouldn't be funded by public money.
action.rspb.org.uk/page/183454/...
The world's deadliest wind farm for birds shouldn't be funded by public money.
action.rspb.org.uk/page/183454/...
I've just emailed my MP to tell them what nature means to me and that I want it to stay protected. Will you take action too?
action.rspb.org.uk/page/180990/...
action.rspb.org.uk/page/180990/...
Tell the UK Government they must do better for nature!
I've just emailed my MP to tell them what nature means to me and that I want it to stay protected. Will you take action too?
action.rspb.org.uk
November 25, 2025 at 8:50 PM
I've just emailed my MP to tell them what nature means to me and that I want it to stay protected. Will you take action too?
action.rspb.org.uk/page/180990/...
action.rspb.org.uk/page/180990/...
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Hen Harrier Susie, whose chicks were stamped to death on a Yorkshire Dales grouse moor in 2022, has been found dead on a N Pennines grouse moor with gunshot injuries.
18+ months of silence about this crime from the police & Natural England.
#RaptorResearch
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/14/h...
18+ months of silence about this crime from the police & Natural England.
#RaptorResearch
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/14/h...
Hen Harrier ‘Susie’, whose chicks were stamped to death in 2022, has been found dead on a North Pennines grouse moor with gunshot injuries
If ever there was an example demonstrating the high level of persecution faced by Hen Harriers on UK grouse moors, the lack of consequences for the offenders, and the lack of justice for the victim…
raptorpersecutionuk.org
November 14, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Hen Harrier Susie, whose chicks were stamped to death on a Yorkshire Dales grouse moor in 2022, has been found dead on a N Pennines grouse moor with gunshot injuries.
18+ months of silence about this crime from the police & Natural England.
#RaptorResearch
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/14/h...
18+ months of silence about this crime from the police & Natural England.
#RaptorResearch
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/14/h...
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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...
#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/10/24/b...
BBC’s Highland Cops programme features investigation into shot out Goshawk nest in Cairngorms National Park
The BBC’s Highland Cops programme has entered its third series and episode 2 features the police investigation in to an active Goshawk nest that had been shot out on a sporting estate near Ki…
raptorpersecutionuk.org
October 24, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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...
#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/10/24/b...
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Why Aren’t We Using Bird-Safe Glass? www.rarebirdalert.co.uk/v2/Content/I...
Why Aren’t We Using Bird-Safe Glass?
Decades of research show that simple design choices can prevent millions of bird deaths each year – yet most buildings remain deadly
www.rarebirdalert.co.uk
October 10, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Why Aren’t We Using Bird-Safe Glass? www.rarebirdalert.co.uk/v2/Content/I...
Shadows playing tricks
October 9, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Shadows playing tricks
Acrobatic Blue Tit
October 9, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Acrobatic Blue Tit
Grey Plover heard over garden at 20:15 heading east.
September 21, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Grey Plover heard over garden at 20:15 heading east.
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Two very important graphs.
Net migration reached record levels in 2023 - and has since halved.
The vast majority of arrivals comprises students and workers.
Arrivals in small boats and asylum seekers - less than 5%.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Net migration reached record levels in 2023 - and has since halved.
The vast majority of arrivals comprises students and workers.
Arrivals in small boats and asylum seekers - less than 5%.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
September 14, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Two very important graphs.
Net migration reached record levels in 2023 - and has since halved.
The vast majority of arrivals comprises students and workers.
Arrivals in small boats and asylum seekers - less than 5%.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Net migration reached record levels in 2023 - and has since halved.
The vast majority of arrivals comprises students and workers.
Arrivals in small boats and asylum seekers - less than 5%.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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...think we can see at least 14 in this single snatched photo of part of the flock just as they went out of view so guessing there must have been 15-20 in total
September 6, 2025 at 6:26 AM
...think we can see at least 14 in this single snatched photo of part of the flock just as they went out of view so guessing there must have been 15-20 in total
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Big flock - 10-20 - of Glossy Ibis just gone north v close up East Cliffs - so close and so briefly seen from the Obs that we couldn't get a proper count of them!
September 6, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Big flock - 10-20 - of Glossy Ibis just gone north v close up East Cliffs - so close and so briefly seen from the Obs that we couldn't get a proper count of them!
Grey Phalarope seen from Portland Bird Obs @ 17:50
September 3, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Grey Phalarope seen from Portland Bird Obs @ 17:50
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...you get the idea
September 2, 2025 at 11:34 AM
...you get the idea