• Keeper caught on camera killing buzzards in cage trap
    By Tom Grose, RSPB Investigations Today a gamekeeper has received a total of 20 week’s imprisonment suspended for one year and a £1000 fine after he was caught on camera killing two buzzards in the...
  • Man fined after sparrowhawk starves to death in trap
    An amateur gamekeeper has received an £800 fine after a sparrowhawk starved to death in a trap in Cheshire. Photo credit RSPB At Manchester Magistrates’ court today (16 December 2021), Hilton Prest...
  • The nocturnal killing of a trapped buzzard?
    By Ian Thomson, Head of Investigations Scotland On Thursday 10 January 2019, RSPB Scotland Investigations staff found a buzzard flying around in a large crow cage trap on a grouse moor in South Lanarkshire...
  • Spring traps and grouse moors - a bridge too far?
    A range of environmental concerns have been raised about land intensively managed for driven grouse shooting and RSPB is calling for a licensing system to promote accountability and good practice. A recent...
  • RSPB produces raptor crime enforcement guide
    Plenty has changed over the past year, but raptor persecution sadly remains a problem that won’t go away. Last spring the RSPB reported on the ‘ surge ’ in cases during the first lockdown, and while the...