• Portsmouth sparrowhawk killer fined
    The following press release has just been issued by the RSPB. The man was caught on camera shooting at the hawk from a garden fence Yovanis Cruz, who keeps racing pigeons, admitted killing the...
  • When a fine isn’t fine
    A man who kicked a gull to death was sentenced to 12 weeks in jail last week. But it raises the question: Is the killing of birds of prey such as buzzards, goshawks and owls not a crime worthy of jail...
  • Cage traps in the spotlight across the UK
    At the end of this month a gamekeeper from Nottinghamshire will be sentenced for several offences including the intentional killing of two common buzzards which were caught in a crow cage trap during...
  • 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...
  • Police investigate deaths of three kestrels
    Police and the RSPB are appealing for information about three potentially shot kestrels (two confirmed), which have come to light since Christmas. Photo: Vale Wildlife The most recent was found...