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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

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November 18, 2025 at 7:16 AM
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🌿 “You can't buy back biodiversity.” We agree with #CANBill supporter, Neil Duncan-Jordan MP, at the Planning Bill debate. Nature isn't a nice to have, it’s all we have. Restoring nature must be at the centre of the Government's plans.
November 17, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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In a study by the University of Exeter, nearly 70 blue, porbeagle and tope sharks were tagged to track their behaviour after being caught recreationally using the catch-and-release technique. The result: most sharks survived after being released.
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Fewer shark deaths when fishing guidelines followed - study
Researchers tagged sharks caught in England, Scotland and the Channel Islands for the project.
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November 17, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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Wild victims of bird flu increase - will it be the worst winter yet in Europe? @btobirds.bsky.social reminds birders we can play a role in monitoring #HPAI

Plus the week's #NorthWales sightings in @northwaleslive.bsky.social BirdNotes. 📷 Tony Pope. #BirdingWales

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Wild victims of bird flu on the rise
As ‘flockdown’ rules require keepers of birds to introduce strict biosecurity measures in Wales, increased deaths of wild birds have raised fears that it could be the worst winter yet for bird...
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November 17, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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New independent report reveals locations of poisoned raptors in northern England 2015 - 2023 - info that has been suppressed by Govt.

#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime

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New independent report reveals locations of poisoned raptors in northern England, 2015-2023 – information that has been suppressed by government
Press release from independent group, Wildlife Poisoning Research UK, 15th November 2025. WHERE THE POISONED BODIES WERE FOUND! Many people probably imagine that the use of poisons to kill protecte…
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November 17, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime

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Worcestershire man faces 21 charges in relation to possessing & trading wild Peregrines
A 57-year old man appeared at Worcester Magistrates’ Court on 11 November 2025 accused of 21 offences relating to the keeping and trading of wild Peregrines, alleged to have taken place betwe…
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November 15, 2025 at 7:25 AM
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#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime

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Sparrowhawk shot in Towcester – Northants Police appeals for information
Press release from Northants Police (14 November 2025) BIRD OF PREY KILLED IN TOWCESTER Police officers from the Rural Crime Team are appealing for witnesses after a bird of prey was found dead in …
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November 15, 2025 at 6:47 AM
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This is disgusting in all regards. The crime, the time and the silence. As soon as these crimes have been committed and announcing info won’t risk an investigation, then this should be communicated nationally as fast as possible.
November 14, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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The impacts of avian influenza are profound and far reaching. Hopefully 🇮🇸 Gyrfalcons will recover in time but this is near catastrophic #RaptorResearch 🌎 🪶

Avian flu taking a severe toll on Iceland’s falcon population
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Avian flu taking a severe toll on Iceland’s falcon population
The Icelandic gyrfalcon population has been hit hard by the ongoing wave of avian influenza in recent years. Once numbering around 2,000 birds, the population has now collapsed to roughly 500 individu...
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November 12, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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With neonicotinoid pesticide ban, France’s birds make a tentative recovery - study
With neonicotinoid pesticide ban, France’s birds make a tentative recovery - study
Analysis shows small hike in populations of insect-eating species after 2018 ruling, but full recovery may take decades
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November 17, 2025 at 5:04 AM
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These rare whales had never been seen alive. Then a team in Mexico sighted two
These rare whales had never been seen alive. Then a team in Mexico sighted two
The search for a gingko-toothed beaked whale had taken five years, when a thieving albatross nearly ruined it all
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November 17, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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Good to see Scottish Minister Jim Fairlie acknowledge the limitations of the current grouse shoot licences, and commit to doing something about it.

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Scottish Minister Jim Fairlie provides rationale behind proposed amendment to close loophole on grouse shoot licence
Earlier this month, the Scottish Government announced its commitment to closing the loophole on the grouse moor licences that were sabotaged last year by the powerful grouse shooting lobby. If you …
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November 14, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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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

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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…
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November 14, 2025 at 7:48 AM
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Fears for elephant seals as bird flu kills half of population in South Atlantic
Fears for elephant seals as bird flu kills half of population in South Atlantic
Study estimates 53,000 females have died on South Georgia since 2023, with ‘dramatic impact’ on future of the species
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November 13, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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raptorpersuk.bsky.social
Appalling, illegal, unethical, disgusting. Oh, and in the midst of a severe outbreak of Avian Influenza #BirdFlu #H5N1 where free-range poultry are in mandatory lockdown to prevent viral spread.

#Ornithology #UKBirding

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Shot Pheasants found dumped in Dorset
Another week and another pile of shot and dumped gamebirds. Thanks to the blog reader who sent in this photo of a pile of dead, shot Pheasants he found yesterday, dumped on the road (B3081) running…
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November 12, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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Compulsory housing orders across England, Wales & Northern Ireland to combat 'significantly elevated threat' of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (Bird Flu).

But ~60 million gamebirds still running around the countryside...

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Compulsory housing orders across England, Wales & Northern Ireland to combat ‘significantly elevated threat’ of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (Bird Flu)
Compulsory housing orders have been introduced across all of England, Wales and Northern Ireland in a bid to combat the ‘significantly elevated threat’ of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influe…
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November 12, 2025 at 9:07 AM
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#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime #BirdingScotland

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Trial of Scottish gamekeeper accused of killing Goshawk now delayed until March 2026
The trial that was due to start at Perth Sheriff Court yesterday, relating to a Scottish gamekeeper accused of killing a Goshawk, has been delayed. The case didn’t call yesterday due to anoth…
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November 12, 2025 at 5:17 AM
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In Madagascar, the fight to save wildlife has never been just about wildlife. It’s about addressing the entrenched challenges that impact the humans who depend on the same forests.

@benjij.bsky.social for @vox.com: www.vox.com/climate/4676...
The world’s lemurs are going extinct. This is the only way to save them.
To protect Madagascar’s iconic animals, wildlife groups need to think beyond wildlife.
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November 12, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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A humpback whale has been filmed by a fisherman two miles off the coast of Norfolk...

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Fisherman films 'magical' humpback whale off Norfolk coast
The fisherman is surprised by the size of the whale as it swims near his boat.
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November 11, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime

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Trial begins today for Scottish gamekeeper accused of killing a Goshawk on a Perthshire shooting estate
A trial begins today at Perth Sheriff Court for a Scottish gamekeeper accused of killing a Goshawk on a Perthshire shooting estate. The alleged incident took place on 12 February 2024 on a shooting…
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November 11, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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Excellent #LawPodUK episode from @1crownofficerow.bsky.social ft leading environmental lawyer Carol Day from @leigh-day.bsky.social talking about significance of our recent High Court win against Natural England who had tried to increase our adverse costs cap #Aarhus

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Should rivers have rights? The Environmental Law Foundation and the costs of taking action in the courts
Rosalind English is joined by a panel of environmental law experts, Emma Montlake, Richard Wald KC and Carol Day to discuss the resources and help offered by the Enviromental Law Foundation to those w...
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November 11, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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Guardian editorial on Land Reform (Scotland) Bill www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Guardian view on Scottish land reform: vast estates remain feudal in scale | Editorial
Editorial: Half of the country’s privately owned countryside is held by just 421 owners. New legislation suggests democrats still fear powerful interests
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November 10, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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A short video of the nursery pod of Bottlenose Dolphins in Vidlin Voe, Shetland yesterday. Check out some of those tiny calves! Only the fourth confirmed record of this species in Shetland waters.

#MarineLife #MarineMammals #CetaceansUK #UKWildlife
November 9, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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Country diary: A streak of lemon on a drab moorland day | Ed Douglas
Country diary: A streak of lemon on a drab moorland day | Ed Douglas
Blacka Moor, South Yorkshire: Even among the yellowing birch leaves the goldcrest stood out, a slight creature with a mighty presence
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November 11, 2025 at 5:32 AM
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BLACK SUN: Amorphous Flocks of #Starlings Swell Above the Danish Marshlands - amazing #murmuration #photography by Søren Solkær

Link for more photos: www.thisiscolossal.com/2020/11/sore...
November 10, 2025 at 9:45 PM