• Hen harrier ‘River’ disappears in suspicious circumstances
    Yet another of 2018's hen harrier chicks has disappeared in suspicious circumstances. Today the RSPB issued the following press release: River, who hatched from a nest in Bowland in 2018 The police...
  • Another hen harrier disappears in suspicious circumstances
    Arthur became the ninth tagged hen harrier in three months to vanish in similar circumstances in the UK In November we reported that a rare hen harrier had disappeared in North Yorkshire, triggering...
  • Four hen harriers disappear on Scottish grouse moors in suspicious circumstances
    Dr Cathleen Thomas, Hen Harrier LIFE Project Manager, reports on the sudden disappearances of four more tagged hen harriers in Scotland in suspicious circumstances. Following our recent blogs on the...
  • Thor is no more: First hatched hen harrier in Bowland for three years disappears in suspicious circumstances
    This summer we were overjoyed to have hen harriers nesting in Bowland for the first time since 2015. Our project team worked round the clock to monitor the three nests there, and the parent birds fledged...
  • Hen harrier Ada disappears
    Northumbria Police and the RSPB have issued an appeal for information following the sudden disappearance of yet another satellite tagged hen harrier, a female bird known as Ada. Ada being tagged as...