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‘Goshawks, in particular, are rare birds.

The court heard evidence in this case

that there are only about 150 nesting pairs in Scotland,’

said the case’s prosecutor.

 

Photograph:

Bernd Zoller/Getty Images/Imagebroker RF

 

 Gamekeeper jailed

in Scotland's first custodial sentence for killing bird of prey

 

George Mutch imprisoned for fourth months

after being convicted of killing a goshawk by hitting it with a stick

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Tuesday 13 January 2015    11.09 GMT

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/jan/13/
gamekeeper-jailed-in-scotlands-first-custodial-sentence-for-killing-bird-of-prey

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hawk Cam Captures the Hunt        The New York Times        2 March 2015

 

 

 

 

Hawk Cam Captures the Hunt        Video        ScienceTake | The New York Times        2 March 2015

 

Thanks to a helmet camera,

researchers discovered that a goshawk

mixes its methods of chasing its prey.

 

Produced by: Poh Si Teng and James Gorman

Read the story here: http://nyti.ms/1DKW1un

Watch more videos at: http://nytimes.com/video

 

YouTube > NYT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lfq8K3qE7q8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

bird of prey        UK

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/aug/06/
glorious-twelfth-red-kites-hen-hariers

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2016/may/20/
international-centre-birds-of-prey-worlds-oldest-in-pictures

 

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/oct/30/
hundreds-of-birds-of-prey-being-shot-or-poisoned-in-uk-rspb

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/sep/28/
stop-persecution-of-birds-of-prey

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/apr/03/
scottish-birtd-of-prey-colony-mass-poisonings

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/aug/12/
why-claws-are-out-for-royal-society-for-protection-of-birds

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/nov/19/
hen-harrier-faces-extinction-england

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/sep/16/
scotland-birds-of-prey

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2010/jul/23/
scotland-bird-of-prey-poisoning-rspb

 

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2006/aug/28/
conservationandendangeredspecies.uknews 

 

 

 

 

hawk        UK

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/jan/05/
hawks-extinction-illegal-hunting

 

 

 

 

hawk        USA

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/06/09/
532281224/eagles-adopt-baby-red-tailed-hawk-putting-aside-violent-species-rivalry

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lfq8K3qE7q8

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/22/
books/review/helen-macdonalds-h-is-for-hawk.html

 

 

 

 

goshawk        USA

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/jan/13/
gamekeeper-jailed-in-scotlands-first-custodial-sentence-for-killing-bird-of-prey

 

 

 

 

falcon        UK

http://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/jan/16/
falcon-cam-birds-prey-kill-crows

 

 

 

 

falconer        USA

http://www.npr.org/2017/05/20/
527630520/in-washington-d-c-a-program-in-which-birds-and-people-lift-each-other-up

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/22/
books/review/helen-macdonalds-h-is-for-hawk.html

 

 

 

 

raptor

 

 

 

 

hen harrier        UK

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/jan/05/
hawks-extinction-illegal-hunting

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2010/nov/19/
hen-harrier-faces-extinction-england 

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/dec/22/endangered-habitats-species-hen-harriers

http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/climatechange/2008/05/hen_harrier_chicks_hatch.html

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/may/17/endangeredspecies.conservation

 

 

 

 

marsh harrier        UK

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2006/may/19/
conservationandendangeredspecies.uknews

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A bald eagle takes off with its catch.

 

Alaska, US

 

Photograph: Alan Murphy/Media Drum Images

 

20 photographs of the week

A bald eagle flies off with its catch in Alaska.

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Sat 16 May 2020    07.01 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2020/may/16/
20-photographs-of-the-week

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

eagle

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

USA > bald eagle        UK / USA

 

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2020/may/16/
20-photographs-of-the-week

 

https://www.npr.org/2019/06/14/
732843218/bald-eagle-caught-elegantly-swimming

 

https://www.npr.org/2019/04/16/
713767032/an-unusual-family-of-bald-eagles-adds-three-eaglets

 

https://www.npr.org/2018/06/22/
622741047/officials-say-illegal-pesticide-killed-13-bald-eagles-in-maryland

 

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/06/09/
532281224/eagles-adopt-baby-red-tailed-hawk-putting-aside-violent-species-rivalry

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/19/
magazine/bald-eagle-national-burden.html

 

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/08/03/
488588696/in-captivating-video-a-bald-eagle-attacks-an-osprey-nest

 

http://www.audubon.org/news/
this-rare-video-bald-eagle-attacking-osprey-nest-incredible-display-speed-and - August 02, 2016

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

eaglet        USA

 

https://www.npr.org/2019/04/16/
713767032/an-unusual-family-of-bald-eagles-adds-three-eaglets

 

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/04/26/
475737686/freedom-and-liberty-month-old-eaglets-get-new-names-in-d-c

 

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/03/20/
471161375/and-then-there-were-4-second-eaglet-emerges-on-d-c-eagle-cam

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

sea eagle        UK

 

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2016/jun/16/
sea-eagle-reintroduced-to-isle-of-mull-scottish-natural-heritage-rspb-photo-essay

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/dec/14/
birdlovers-split-reintroduction-sea-eagle

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

golden eagle        UK

 

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/aug/11/
grouse-moors-to-blame-for-scotland-disappearing-raptors-birds-prey-glorious-twelfth

 

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/apr/14/
englands-last-golden-eagle-feared-dead

 

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/feb/13/
britain-most-elusive-creatures-david-attenborough

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

osprey        UK

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/sep/09/
refuelling-avian-departure-lounge-country-diary

 

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2011/may/12/
osprey-ready-landmark-50th-chick

 

 

 

 

kestrel        UK

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/the-northerner/2014/jul/30/
tynemouth-twenty-minutes-fog

 

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/oct/27/
david-bradley-i-cant-watch-the-end-of-kes-ken-loach-barry-hines

 

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2011/sep/11/
kes-ken-loach-review

 

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2000/jun/22/
artsfeatures1

 

 

 

 

wing span        UK

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/may/17/
endangeredspecies.conservation

 

 

 

 

talons        UK

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/may/17/
endangeredspecies.conservation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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