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[Murmur]

The mystery of the disappearing hen harrier – guest blog by Peak District Raptor Monitoring Group

This is a guest blog written by the Peak District Raptor Monitoring Group. The Mystery of the Disappearing Hen Harrier On 27th February 2021, the Peak District Raptor Monitoring Group (PDRMG) recei…

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Yet another one of those strange coincidences, which are clearly coincidences and don't involve any people related to shooting interests, in no way at all. Baffling how harriers just manage to disappear on shooting estates. Must be some kind of worm hole or split in the space/time continuum. Or an airport taking them on holiday to Barbados along with Sir Nigel of 12 Bore.

 

[Andy Lakin]

The sad thing is it sounds like Hen Harriers can be very productive given the right circumstances and are left alone. It seems next to impossible to prosecute anyone even when satellite tagged birds are disappearing in suspicious circumstances. What happened to the trial with supplementary feeding? I seem to remember that it might have been a cost issue that prevented it being expanded.

 

[silver prince]

scotland are now licencing shoots ,and heather burning,will know longer be exept accidently,😉 every hen harrier that s killed now, is a step towards this hopefully,