As regular CFZ-watchers will know, for some time Corinna has been doing a column for Animals & Men and a regular segment on On The Track... particularly about out-of-place birds and rare vagrants. There seem to be more and more bird stories from all over the world hitting the news these days so, to make room for them all - and to give them all equal and worthy coverage - she has set up this new blog to cover all things feathery and Fortean.

Monday, 16 December 2013

Illegal bird deaths continue to rise in UK, RSPB report shows

Eurasian buzzard (Buteo buteo), strung up on farm fence in ScotlandUplands losing birds of prey as buzzards, sparrowhawks and peregrine falcons are shot dead or poisoned

Cases of the illegal persecution of British birds are continuing to rise, according to the latest figures from the RSPB.
The Birdcrime report, published on Friday, shows there were 208 reports of the shooting and destruction of birds of prey in 2012, including confirmed shootings of 15 buzzards, five sparrowhawks and four peregrine falcons.

In the same year there were more than 70 reported poisoning incidents including nine buzzards and seven red kites, the report found. But the numbers of poisoning incidents has fallen in recent years, with 101 reports in 2011, 128 in 2010 and 153 in 2009.

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