• 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...
  • Peregrines under pressure
    As the breeding season gets underway, the RSPB's investigations team has, sadly, received a number of reports of shot peregrines - including this one from Hampshire. On 11 March, a teenage girl...
  • 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...
  • What the RSPB has done to combat raptor persecution
    The RSPB is part of a Raptor Persecution Priority Delivery Group (RPPDG), chaired by Chief Superintendent Nick Lyall. All partners in the group have been encouraged to submit a six-month return, highlighting...
  • Raptors killers – the arms race
    In the long and sorry history of raptor persecution those involved have used a wide range of methods to carry out their dark deeds. Traditionally, this has involved an array of firearms, traps and poisons...