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The golden eagle: One of the Great British public's favourite birds of prey — but devilishly tricky to identify. We are often so keen to encounter this animal that ambition overrides the accuracy of ...
Wildlife cameraman Hamza Yassin goes in search of his favourite birds of prey, travelling around the UK to find them and meeting the people who are fighting to protect them. Show more Wildlife ...
THERE new Advisory Leaflets dealing with some British birds of prey have been issued by the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries. One describes the appearance and activities of the buzzard ...
The RSPB says 1,344 birds of prey, including golden eagles, were illegally killed in the UK between 2009 and 2023 More than 1,300 protected birds of prey – from hen harriers to golden eagles ...
All birds of prey are protected by law, under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. But in the past 15 years, only one person has been jailed.
Name that tune! Learn how to recognise the songs and calls of the UK's most common park and garden birds. Find out about the wonderful wildlife that makes the UK its home. The British Isles are home ...
A new project to protect birds of prey in parts of Sheffield has been launched. Owlthorpe Fields Conservation Group wants to monitor and help boost the population of various raptor species in the ...
Raptor bone Red kite, 12th-century manuscript. The diet of British birds of prey in the distant past was very different from that of their descendants. A team led by archaeologist Juliette ...