This blog may help people explore some of the 'hidden' issues involved in certain media treatments of environmental and scientific issues. Using personal digital images, it's also intended to emphasise seasonal (and other) changes in natural history of the Swansea (South Wales) area. The material should help participants in field-based modules and people generally interested in the natural world. The views are wholly those of the author.
Sunday, 2 July 2023
No Royal Protection?
If you're a bird of prey, the last thing you apparently should do is to fly over Sandringham in Norfolk. Sandringham is an 8100 hectare royal estate in that county. Over the last 20 years, this estate has been linked to at least 18 deaths/'disappearances' of legally protected (and ecologically important) birds (https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jul/02/sandringham-royal-estate-linked-to-many-deaths-and-disappearances-of-protected-birds). It's been alleged that illegal poisoning and shooting of birds of prey has taken place at Sandringham. Bird carcases have 'unfortunately' been incinerated, before the cause of death could be established. Seriously endangered breeding Montagu's harriers have mysteriously disappeared in the estates's vicinity. Being fitted with radiotrackers didn't apparently save them. Oddly there's been no sign of the birds or their tracking devices. It must all be a coincidence, however, as members of the UK's royal family have been enthusiastic patrons of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, as well as the National Birds of Prey Centre.
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