Peregrine had been shot

Alan Ball · **Posted:** Tue Mar 08, 2011 7:45 pm

I note from the Echo website that the Peregrine found floating in the Brayford had been hit by a shotgun!

http://www.thisislincolnshire.co.uk/new ... ticle.html

Alan

Stuart Britton · **Posted:** Tue Mar 08, 2011 9:05 pm

A very sad but timely reminder as to why it is important not to put on the Forum sightings of rare birds, particularly raptors, during the breeding season.

Richard Gunn · **Posted:** Wed Mar 09, 2011 6:07 pm

Sad individual(s), and continuing on this thread, but not in this county, a friend from Somerset reported to me that 31 Mute Swans have recently been shot on the Somerset Levels with an air-gun.

Richard.

Stephen Routledge · **Posted:** Wed Mar 09, 2011 7:05 pm

An absolute disgrace and agree with Stuart's comments,what a sad end for one of our most majestic of raptor's.

Steve.

Alex Lees · **Posted:** Fri Mar 25, 2011 2:46 pm

The dead bird pictured in the article is quite clearly a Common Buzzard... one hopes there was a mix-up with the images rather than the identification... Obviously it would be much easier to shoot a Buzzard than a Peregrine....

Richard Gunn · **Posted:** Sun Mar 27, 2011 7:34 pm

Whatever, it remains appalling.

Alex Lees · **Posted:** Mon Mar 28, 2011 10:14 pm

Richard Gunn wrote:

Whatever, it remains appalling.

Obviously, but at least in west and south-west Lincolnshire (like much of lowland England and unlike the grousemoors of our National Parks) the community of top avian predators is recolonising. Twenty years ago I travelled to mid Wales to see Red Kites, Ravens, Peregrines etc, now they all breed 'locally'. Not that this should breed complacency by any means, but at least down here such persecution events are relatively rare. One doubts that Golden Eagles will make it back down here (past the guns) under their own steam though...

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