Category Archives: Conservation
New Hen Harriers Satellite Tagging Project Website Launched by HOT
The Hawk and Owl Trust have just launched a new dedicated website to provide details of its Hen Harriers Satellite Tagging Project – an initiative to help save English hen harriers from extinction. The website – hawkandowl.org/HHST/ – will track the actual flight paths of two hen harriers fitted with satellite tagging ‘backpacks’. In turn… Continue Reading
Is This a Glorious Solution? HOT Chairman Philip Merricks on the Hen Harrier Recovery Plan
The long-awaited Hen Harrier Recovery Plan offers resolution – and no excuses – for both grouse-moor managers and environmental campaigners, says HOT Chairman Philip Merricks Taken from Country Life Magazine – 2 March 2016 OPINION © Mark Hamblin/2020VISION Few would doubt that the heather moors of northern England are one of the great glories of… Continue Reading
East Midlands Group Secures Grant for Hawk and Owl Trust Work
It is great news to hear that the Hawk and Owl Trusts East Midlands Group has recently secured a grant from the the Cory Conservation Trust to help local farmers and landowners in the Rutland area to install owl nest boxes on their land as part of the Farmland Bird of Prey Initiative. Members… Continue Reading
Sculthorpe Moors New Aerial Walkway is Nearing Completion!
It has been 3 years in the planning and 18 months under construction, but now the time is almost upon us to open our new aerial walkway, viewing platform and hide. We here at Sculthorpe Moor are very excited by the news and can’t wait to share the experience with you. Thanks to our valued volunteers, without which… Continue Reading
…And Finally the Last Bath Peregrine Chick Fledges
A short YouTube of the fledging of the final peregrine chick at Bath this year; JY left the nest at 12:24 on 17 June. Took to the air very confidently. After seeing this on line our Bath Project Coordinator went into Bath to check out where all the fledglings were and found that all three… Continue Reading
Norwich Cathedral Peregrine Chicks Have All Fledged
So, from the date of the first egg being laid on 19 March through to the last chick fledging on 10th June, it has been an amazing three months of viewing on our Norwich Peregrines Webcam. The first two chicks fledged individually on the morning of 9th June, managing to find each other again, being… Continue Reading
The Hawk and Owl Trust ‘completely and utterly’ condemns the illegal killing of Hen Harriers
In a Press Release issued today it was the unanimous opinion of the Trustees of the Hawk and Owl Trust on the illegal killing of Hen Harrier was set out by the Chairman some time ago on social media: “Regarding the tragic event of the recent loss of three male Hen Harriers at Bowland; if… Continue Reading
2nd Egg for the St John’s Church, Bath Urban Peregrines
At 13:20 on 27 March, the second egg of the 2015 peregrine breeding season was laid at St John’s RC church in Bath, apparently to the complete surprise of the falcon. Continue Reading
Four Eggs for Norwich Cathedral Peregrines
Here is a link to the first sightings of the four eggs of 2015 that have been laid by Hawk and Owl Trust’s Norwich Cathedral Urban Peregrines. The eggs arrived at 0617 on 19 March, 1712 on 21 March, 0528 on 24 March and 1644 on 26 March. All is well and the male bird… Continue Reading