Ruth Tingay
Wildlife Ecology & Conservation I Raptors I Wildlife Crime I PhD I Writes Raptor Persecution UK blog @RaptorPersUK.bsky.social I Co-Founder & Director Wild Justice @wildjustice.bsky.social
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- Reposted by Ruth TingayBREAKING: Head gamekeeper Racster Dingwall pleads guilty to conspiracy to kill a Hen Harrier at York Magistrates Court this morning.
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- Fascinating day at High Court in London listening to Moorland Assoc’s permission hearing for JR against new burning regs. Highlight was judge’s comment about their argument: “It just seems to lose all sense of reality”. Judgement tomorrow at 10am on whether they can proceed to substantive hearing.
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- Our latest paper on Golden Eagle research in Scotland, using DNA from moulted feathers to assess apparent survival in territorial adults. As ever, data collection from Scottish Raptor Study Group @scottishraptorsg.bsky.social was vital. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #RaptorResearch
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- One of my favourite winter rituals, travelling to #WickenFen, meeting friends & heading out onto the reserve at dusk in search of Hen Harriers. An important antidote for someone who spends so much time writing about dead ones. Xmas thermals also got field tested on a 6-layer evening.
- Excellent work by Border Force & colleagues on Operation Thunder 2025 - who knew spider-trafficking was becoming a big thing? www.gov.uk/government/n...
- Operation Lakeshot - a new working group between police & animal welfare charities to address the increasing problem of teenagers targeting waterfowl (& other species) with powerful catapults, driven by social media. Good work. www.league.org.uk/news-and-res...
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- Reposted by Ruth TingayThis is a fascinating bit of research diving into why some octopuses have larger brains than others. #science #intelligence #evolution It was great talking to @michael.muthukrishna.com, @pkatz.bsky.social and Robin Dunbar about this for @newscientist.com 🧪 🦑 🧠 www.newscientist.com/article/2512...
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- Reposted by Ruth Tingay“72% of satellite-tagged Hen Harriers were confirmed or considered likely to have been illegally killed, and this was ten times more likely to occur over areas of land managed for grouse shooting relative to other land uses.”
- 147 Hen Harriers confirmed 'missing' or illegally killed in UK since 2018 - most of them on or close to grouse moors. Data extracted from reports by Natural England, RSPB, HSE, various Police forces, National Wildlife Crime Unit. #RaptorResearch 🌍 raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/01/21/1...
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- Reposted by Ruth Tingay147 Hen Harriers confirmed 'missing' or illegally killed in UK since 2018 - most of them on or close to grouse moors. Data extracted from reports by Natural England, RSPB, HSE, various Police forces, National Wildlife Crime Unit. #RaptorResearch 🌍 raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/01/21/1...
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- Reposted by Ruth TingaySatellite-tagged Hen Harrier called Edna "suspected illegally killed". Was she killed & dumped at a windfarm in Northumberland as a ploy to cover up the crime? New blog ⬇️ #RaptorResearch #WilldifeCrime 🌍 raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/01/19/s...
- Reposted by Ruth TingayYet another one... #RaptorResearch raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/01/19/s...
- Reposted by Ruth Tingay📢 We're looking for a PhD student to focus on habitat use of wintering Curlew in and around coastal SPAs. Apply now ➡️ bit.ly/CurlewPhD The student will be based at @ljmuofficial.bsky.social and BTO, starting in October 2026 for four years. 📆 Deadline to apply: Wednesday 18 February #Ornithology
- Reposted by Ruth TingayNEW PAPER: Insights into how top predators shape communities: buzzards show similarly strong nest defence against owl and goshawk models, suggesting different intraguild predators may be perceived as equivalent threats. ➡️ vist.ly/4ms6r #ornithology @kpg13.bsky.social #birds #RaptorResearch
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- Reposted by Ruth TingayWhen a licence is refused - and gamebirds are released anyway. Today's news: A Wild Justice supporter helps uncover unlawful release of gamebirds at the Deben Estuary. Read the full blog: tinyurl.com/gamebirdrele...
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- I've seen some pretty horrific examples of illegal raptor persecution in my time, but the casual brutality of this gamekeeper, along with the suffering he caused this Buzzard, is v disturbing. Kudos to @rspbinvestigations.bsky.social for securing the footage. This psychopath should be behind bars.
- Reposted by Ruth TingayWe have been bringing the festive cheer to our friends at Natural England and the NFU in London recently – highlighting the continued badger cull. 240,000 badgers dead and nothing to show for it. It must end. Sign up to our newsletter for updates → wildjustice.org/newsletter
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