Category Archives: Common Buzzard
What do you when your concerns are being ignored by the Police?
As a result of the the previous blog about the poisoned Buzzard in the Longdendale Valley the raptor group and Mark Thomas the Head of RSPB Investigations went to see the Derbyshire Police and Crime Commissioner. We were assured during … Continue reading
The Peak District Bird of Prey Initiative
The internal affairs of the Peak District Bird of Prey Initiative are not something we would usually publicly comment on. However, the annual report is being discussed once again and we are in a position where clear evidence of persecution … Continue reading
A wing and a prayer.
We received a call Saturday afternoon about a Buzzard that had got caught up in barbed wire near to Hope, Derbyshire. John Moseley was out walking his gun dogs in the vicinity of Hadfields Quarry Derbyshire Wildlife Trust when one of the … Continue reading
Common Buzzard put down after being fatally injured in spring trap
Moorland owners and conservationists concerned at buzzard death in national park Conservation organisations and representatives of moorland owners have condemned the illegal trapping of a buzzard at Winscar Reservoir, near Holmfirth, in the northern Peak District National Park. Police, land … Continue reading
Too weak to fly
On the 10th of September 2013, we received a call from one of the local RSPB wardens. A bird of prey had been brought into their office in Tintwistle, it had been found close to a public footpath and did … Continue reading
Recoveries 2013
We have recently received details of 2 recoveries GN04365 – Common Buzzard One of a brood of 3 ringed on the 8th of June 2006 at a confidential site in South Yorkshire (Buzzards were still uncommon in our area at that … Continue reading
Recoveries – October 2012
We have received 3 recoveries, all 3 were birds ringed this summer and all 3 birds died within a short distance of their nest site. Maps are not being shown for these recoveries to protect the nest sites. We would … Continue reading
Recovery Common Buzzard (GR38840)
We have received notice of the recovery of GR38840 a Common Buzzard ringed near Glossop Derbyshire on 14th of June 2012, the unfortunate bird was found freshly dead on the 11th of September 2012 near Lytham St Anne’s, Lancashire, after a railway collision. … Continue reading
Re-homed Raptor
We received a call from a good friend, Richard Jones at AVS in Knutsford asking if we could offer any help with a young Buzzard that had been handed into the RSPB and who had subsequently passed it on to the … Continue reading
Peak District Raptor Monitoring Group 