Browsing: Birds

An elderly pigeon-fancier who killed a falcon owned and flown by the Edinburgh branch of NBC Bird & Pest Solutions has been found guilty of shooting…

A family in Somerset got more than they bargained for when eating a bag of ready-to-eat salad bought at Tesco – a dead bird. Bought from…

The story of the theft of Rufus – the American Harris hawk – used to scare away pigeons from the Wimbledon courts has attracted press attention…

Malta International Airport (MIS) has been ordered to pay more than “250,000 in damages to Air Malta and to an insurance company for the damages to…

In brief, there have been no major, but certainly some minor, changes to the Bird General and Class licences for 2012. UK bird control licences issued…

On 16 September 2014, Natural England published its response to the wide-ranging consultation seeking views on potential adjustments to General Licences for protected species. These licences…

On 24 February 2014, Natural England published a range of proposals and topics relating to changes in England’s General and Class Licences. Several of these effect…