• 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...
  • Stopping illegal poisoning – just what will it take?
    Today another conviction at court for the illegal keeping of pesticides (along with firearms offences) once again highlights the problems of trying to establish who was actually responsible for the poisoning...
  • Lowland shoots and poison – a toxic situation
    By Tom Grose, RSPB Investigations Officer On 16 February 2023, Dorset gamekeeper Paul Allen received a 15 week prison sentence (suspended for 12 months) at Weymouth Magistrates Court, Dorset after pleading...
  • Gamekeeper fined for pesticide offences after illegally killed birds of prey found on pheasant shooting estate
    A gamekeeper has been fined for pesticide offences after a shot buzzard, a poisoned red kite, a poison bait and banned pesticides were found on a pheasant shooting estate in Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog...
  • Partnership increasing pressure on the raptor killers
    Recent multi-agency work by statutory agencies and RSPB Investigations has demonstrated what can be achieved with a collective approach. Next week I will have been working for RSPB Investigations for...