Big piece of news yesterday - a Derbyshire gamekeeper has been found guilty of attempting to illegally trap and kill birds of prey.  Read about the story here and here and watch it here.  The RSPB team that carried out the investigation deserve enormous credit for their professionalism, dedication and courage.  Here's hoping that the punishment acts as a deterrent to others...

 And here is a first person account from Mark Thomas - it's well worth a read.

  • Yes well done but if his boss pays the fine he got away scot free.This country badly needs the cat bringing back,they hardly ever committed the crimes again when in force whereas almost all criminals commit crimes again on release.