Published: 12:57Monday
01 April 2019
A
telephone hotline has been set up to report sightings in North Yorkshire of a
bird that is threatened with extinction.
The RSPB
hopes that by doing so, they will be able to act on information from people who
spend time on remote hills and moorlands and protect the breeding sites of hen
harriers.
Conservationists
believe there is enough suitable habitat in England for around 300 pairs of
breeding hen harriers, but only nine successful nests were recorded nationally
last year - none of which were in North Yorkshire.
The RSPB
claims that hen harriers are teetering on the verge of extinction in England
because they are being illegally killed for predating on red grouse,
populations of which are needed for driven grouse shooting.
Amanda
Miller, the charity’s conservation manager for northern England, said: “We are
asking farmers, wildlife watchers, walkers, fell runners, mountain bikers and
anyone else who spends a lot of time in the hills of North Yorkshire to keep an
eye out for hen harriers and let us know if they see one.
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