• The 30th Wildlife Crime Enforcers’ Conference
    A reflection on this year's conference, held in North Yorkshire Building on the work of Chief Superintendent Terry Rands of Essex Police in setting up the Wildlife Crime Officers’ (WCO) network, back...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • Cyprus – the yin and yang of bird trapping enforcement
    It was midnight on Cape Pyla. Under a full moon and starlit sky the insects chirred in the darkness. From the top of the old watchtower, the city lights of Larnaca and Ayia Napa flickered in the distance...
  • Unhappy Valley: raptor crime in Pateley Bridge
    North Yorkshire regularly emerges as the worst county in England for the illegal killing of birds of prey. In the past seven years, RSPB data shows that more protected raptors like red kites and buzzards...