Devon and Cornwall Police Wildlife Crimes Group

A Gyr x Lanner Falcon has been lost from a bird of prey display near Exmouth this morning. It is a male bird and is wearing jesses and rings...

Forensic results have revealed that the two buzzards found dead near Chittlehampton, Devon were poisoned. WCO Sgt Dave Knight told the N...

We are glad to report on an excellent breeding season for Peregrines in Cornwall so far this year with no reported incidents of persecuti...

The RSPB have released a video from their covert cameras on you tube showing the Gamekeeper killing the birds. Please be warned, the video ...

Common Buzzard (Photo:P.Freestone) Whilst we wait on the results of our suspected Buzzard poisoning case from Sidmouth, a gamekeeper fr...

Last week we reported on a male, Keith Beavan, who had stolen Owls and birds of prey from Zoos across Europe, including our own Paignton Zo...

The two Buzzards suspected of being poisoned recently near Sidmouth have now gone off to Natural England experts for post-mortem and we are...

The former owner of the National Birds of Prey Centre near Newent in Gloucestershire has been convicted of stealing rare owls from zoos. ...

Every year in Cornwall we have a small influx of Red Kites into the county. Today seems to be the start with ten birds reported across the ...

  Nice article on link below about Hen Harrier persecution on the new NCWU website: http://www.nwcu.police.uk/educationmedia/bird-o...

The 2013 breeding season has been very slow coming, but we do finally have some young birds on the wing. This is a particulary vulnerable t...

Harriers are protected because in the past they were heavily persecuted, they were killed by humans with a vested interest in game shooting...

**UPDATE** The birds have been retrieved by officers and do show signs of possible poisoning. They have both been sent away for post-mortem...

We have today recieved a report of two Buzzards found dead together near Sidmouth in Devon! Officers have been tasked to investigate on beha...