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Ruth Tingay
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Wildlife Ecology & Conservation I Raptors I Wildlife Crime I PhD I Writes Raptor Persecution UK blog @RaptorPersUK.bsky.social I Co-Founder & Director Wild Justice @wildjustice.bsky.social

https://raptorpersecutionuk.org/
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We have been bringing the festive cheer to our friends at Natural England and the NFU in London recently – highlighting the continued badger cull.

240,000 badgers dead and nothing to show for it. It must end.

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December 24, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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Appeal for information about the shot Peregrine in Leicestershire.

Believed to have been shot with an air rifle between 21st - 23rd December 2025.

Further details & police crime reference number in blog ⬇️

#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime

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Appeal for information about the shot Peregrine in Leicestershire
Further to this morning’s blog about a Peregrine being euthanised after being found with gunshot injuries in Leicestershire (see here), the Leicestershire Wildlife Hospital has released more …
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December 24, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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Young Peregrine euthanised after suffering gunshot injuries in Leicestershire.

Sad news from @leicsperegrines.bsky.social who are working hard to encourage public engagement. Please give them a follow.

#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime

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December 24, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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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...
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…
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December 19, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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More detail about the missing White-tailed Eagle in mid-Wales.

Not the first investigation into raptor persecution in this area.

Press release from Dyfed-Powys Police & commentary from me 🔽

#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime @iolowilliams.bsky.social

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More detail about the missing White-tailed Eagle in mid-Wales
Further to the news on Thursday (here) that three White-tailed Eagles have ‘disappeared’ in suspicious circumstances, one in England, one in Wales and one in Scotland, Dyfed-Powys Police has issued…
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December 19, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Drones detect deadly virus in Arctic whales' breath
Whale breath collected by drones is giving clues to the health of wild humpbacks and other whales.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 19, 2025 at 8:04 AM
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📢 APPLY NOW...

...for the 2026 BOU Summer Placement Scheme

Financially supporting undergraduate students to carry out summer #ornithology research placements 🪶

Application deadline: 30 January 2026

Guidelines & application form: bou.org.uk/funding/s...
December 17, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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Who should pay when commercial forestry creates conservation problems? New analysis shows 200,000-971,000 ha of UK peatland at risk from conifer invasion. Based on our @iucn-uk-peat.bsky.social poster. #peatlands

Link - tinyurl.com/yc3b2s9h

Feedback/ comments welcome—not my usual writing style!
The Silent Invasion
How Non-Native Conifers Are Threatening Britain’s Peatlands
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December 18, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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glasgowtawnyowlprj.bsky.social
If you're at #BES2025 and interested in owls and how noise & light pollution affect their foraging behaviour, come to check out my owl poster 🦉💡🚗

#owls #ecology #ornithology #RaptorResearch
December 16, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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wildjustice.bsky.social
Getting our Xmas on at the @leigh-day.bsky.social Xmas party! An uplifting evening in the company of fellow campaigners, lawyers, journalists. There are some really inspiring people out there, bringing their best game, irrespective of knock backs or successes, keeping going.
December 19, 2025 at 5:37 AM
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batconservation.bsky.social
We are advertising three vacancies at present.

🦇 Head of Fundraising
🦇 National Bat Monitoring Program Volunteer Engagement Officer
🦇 National Bat Monitoring Program Surveys and Training Support Officer

The deadline for applying is 12 January 2026.

www.bats.org.uk/the-trust/jo...
Jobs / Contracts - About Us - Bat Conservation Trust
Please note: BCT is a Living Wage employer. BCT strives to provide an accessible recruitment process. If you require reasonable adjustments for any pa...
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December 19, 2025 at 8:06 AM
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snoweider.bsky.social
Good to hear that more woodland will be managed for wildlife at Abernethy. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
New land added to Loch Garten reserve famous for its ospreys
RSPB Scotland has added about 80 acres to its Loch Garten side near Nethy Bridge.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 19, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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Press release from Police Scotland 🔽

#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime

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More detail on the ‘missing’ White-tailed Eagle in south Scotland
Further to the news yesterday (here) that three White-tailed Eagles have ‘disappeared’ in suspicious circumstances, one in England, one in Wales and one in Scotland, Police Scotland has…
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December 18, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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Just imagine what they do to all the other wildlife that aren't satellite tagged, and we never know about: Sparrowhawks, Peregrines, Tawny Owls, Pine Martens, Polecats, Otters...
December 17, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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parliamentarygoose.bsky.social
Enough.

Time for punitive sanctions on game shooting until and unless these people are brought to book. For pity’s sake, these are OUR birds, introduced by donations and taxes. That is, your and my taxes and your and my donations.

#birds

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Police investigate after white-tailed eagles go missing across UK
Conservationists appeal to public for help after rare birds disappear in suspicious circumstances
www.theguardian.com
December 17, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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Police investigate after white-tailed eagles go missing across UK
Police investigate after white-tailed eagles go missing across UK
Conservationists appeal to public for help after rare birds disappear in suspicious circumstances
www.theguardian.com
December 17, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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nickmoyes.bsky.social
Those bastards keep on doing this to our wildlife!

#gamekeepers
#landowners
December 17, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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ecameron.bsky.social
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So tired of hearing these stories of #raptorpersecution. I’ve seen these eagles flying over the river Arun it’s such an amazing sight. 🦅

One of the missing is a chick born in West Sussex. In September its tag was found in the River Rother, it had been cut off. The chick has not been found.
December 17, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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parliamentarygoose.bsky.social
A deep-seated culture of entitlement exists in Great Britain’s landowning class. This enables them and their serfs to indulge in criminal behaviour that the rest of us wouldn’t dream of. That these crimes are wrought against OUR birds is indicative of the contempt in which the rest of us is held.
December 17, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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Guardians of the countryside at it again...guardianing birds of prey to death.
December 17, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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Yet more birds of prey getting depressed, killing themselves, removing their satellite tags, then disposing of their own corpses. It's hard to believe, but the statistics don't like.

Either that or the shooting industry is involved. But that's a stretch of the imagination too far.
December 17, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social
No wonder we are one of the most nature-depleted corners of this battered planet, with #biodiversity in a parlous state
December 17, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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raptorpersuk.bsky.social
THREE satellite-tagged White-tailed Eagles disappear in suspicious circumstances in England, Wales & Scotland - two tags had been cut off.

Press release from Isle of Wight WTE Project Team & additional commentary from me ⬇️⬇️

#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime

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Three satellite-tagged White-tailed Eagles disappear in suspicious circumstances in England, Wales & Scotland – two tags had been cut off
Press release from Forestry England (17 December 2025) THREE WHITE-TAILED EAGLES DISAPPEAR IN SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES The public are being asked to help the police investigate the suspicious disap…
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December 17, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social
Great cause!
December 11, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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Of course the other thing that happened in the 1970s, which this article is too polite to mention, is that hunting otters with dogs (what fun!) was made illegal.

No doubt some grifter at the Telegraph bemoaned the passing of a Great Country Custom at the time.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Hightailing along city streets and raiding ponds: otters’ revival in Britain
Still rare only 20 years ago, the charismatic animals are in almost every UK river and a conservation success story
www.theguardian.com
December 12, 2025 at 3:17 PM