BBC news programme ‘Points South West’ dropped by St John’s Church in Bath on Monday to speak to Hawk and Owl Trustee Mike Rogers and Peregrine Project team member Hamish Smith. The peregrine pair that have taken up residence in the nesting platform provided by the Hawk and Owl Trust have continued their successful run… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Campaign
Hawk and Owl Trust Urge All to Sign Raptor Persecution E-Petition
The Hawk and Owl Trust urge you to sign the attached e-petition. Through illegal persecution the beautiful hen harrier has been virtually wiped out as a breeding species in England – just one pair bred last year. Many other species, including golden eagles, red kites, sea eagles etc fall victim to the poisoning, shooting, trapping,… Continue Reading
The Death of ‘Bowland Beth’
Internationally renowned film-make David Cobham reflects on the death of ‘Bowland Beth’ Bowland Beth, a first year female Hen Harrier has been shot and recovered from a Yorkshire grouse moor. I visited The Forest of Bowland in Lancashire towards the end of May in 2012 for a book I am writing on British Birds of… Continue Reading
Kestrel Project Yields Dividends
Nestboxes Near Highways Produce 69 Young Results from the Trust’s Kestrel Highways Project continue to be encouraging in some parts of the country, although the very wet weather in 2012 will have affected both nesting and post-fledging survival. The Trust began the project in 2008 to test whether lack of nest sites is a key… Continue Reading
Call for Chinese Lantern Ban
Party Treat Threatens Wildlife The Trust is backing a call for a ban on Chinese (or ‘sky’) lanterns because of the threats they pose to wildlife and livestock. It is encouraging supporters to sign a petition to the government on the RSPCA’s website. Gloucestershire farmer Simon Pain took this photograph of a barn owl he… Continue Reading
Study Tracks Harrier Migration
Wing Tags Identify where Wensum Birds Go in Winter 2012 | Five young marsh harriers hatched on Sculthorpe Moor reserve in 2012 have had wing tags fitted as part of a long-term study of where the species travel to once they leave the area where they are born. They joined a total so far of… Continue Reading
Trust Calls for Pledge on Buzzard Protection
Conservation Bodies Welcome Minister’s U-turn 31 May 2012 | The Hawk and Owl Trust has joined a dozen other environmental bodies in calling for government pledges never to sacrifice wild birds of prey to protect game birds or other livestock. The call follows a successful campaign, championed by the Trust, to reverse government plans to… Continue Reading
Trust Joins Successful Buzzard Persecution Protest
Conservation Bodies Attack Proposal 24 May 2012 | The Hawk and Owl Trust has joined other conservation bodies in protesting against government proposals to permit wild buzzards to be caged and nests destroyed to protect young pheasants. Nigel Middleton, Hawk and Owl Trust Conservation Officer for the Eastern Region, said: “We are totally against persecution… Continue Reading
Eyes Peeled for Marsh Harriers in Dispersal Study
Look Out for Bright Green Wing Tags May 2012 | Three young Norfolk marsh harriers are helping settle the mystery of what happens to the species after they disperse for winter. Two males and a female specially tagged at Sculthorpe Moor Nature Reserve last summer have been sighted in the East of England, mainly in… Continue Reading
Four Egg Clutch for Peregrines
High Hopes for April Hatchlings on Norwich Cathedral Spire The peregrine falcons using the nesting platform installed by the Hawk and Owl Trust on the spire of Norwich Cathedral have now laid a clutch of four eggs. The first egg was laid on 22 March, the second on 24 March, the third on the 27… Continue Reading