AUGUST
18TH, 2017
Sally,
a Montagu’s harrier, has been missing since 6 August. Made famous by
being fitted with a satellite tag and released on
the BBC’s Autumnwatch and monitored by the RSPB, Sally is half
of one of the five Montagu’s harrier breeding pairs in
the UK. Her partner Roger has been found, alone,
at their nest in Bircham Tofts, West Norfolk. For those involved with wildlife
conservation, it comes as no surprise that this village lies on the edge of Sandringham
Estate.
Ten
years of crimes and counting
The
20,000-acre royal estate has been host to a string of mysterious bird of prey deaths
and disappearances over the past decade. A successful prosecution could land the culprits a hefty fine and
prison time, but nobody has yet been caught for the cases at Sandringham.
In
2007, a conservation warden and two onlookers watched two hen harriers
being shot mid-flight. This killing happened
at Dersingham Bog, a Natural England nature reserve just half
a mile from Sandringham itself. Prince Harry and a friend were shooting on the
estate at the time and were questioned by the police as suspects. But
nothing came of it.
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