Published:
11:05 Thursday 18 October 2018
A rare
hen harrier has mysteriously disappeared from moorland in Lancashire prompting
a police and RSPB investigation. The bird, called Thor, was last monitored on
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by RSPB officers using a lightweight satellite tag, which had tracked his
movements since fledging.
But his
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Promoted by Public Health England Earlier, conservation officers had monitored
his movements, watching him stay close to the Forest of Bowland where he had
hatched in the summer. James Bray, RSPB’s Bowland project officer, was involved
in monitoring the nests in Bowland over the summer.
He said:
“Whilst we know that hen harrier mortality rates are high for young birds, if
Thor had died naturally we would expect to find either his body or his tag – or
both. "His tag was functioning well before he disappeared, which sadly
suggests there has been some kind of interference with it.”
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