On 29 January at York Magistrates Court, Racster Dingwall, Head Gamekeeper on the Conistone and Grassington Estate in the ...

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Over 40% of male marsh harriers look like females, spending their lives sporting the brown plumage and white heads characteristic of females. They’re one of only two bird species that does this.

Over the course of any given year, more than 200 bird species live just west of Manhattan's spires in the Hackensack Meadowlands. Scientists have known that for a while, with the Meadowlands serving ...

Dingwall, 35, of Ellingstring, Masham, was interviewed by Rural Taskforce officers, and charged with encouraging or assisting the killing of a Schedule one wild bird; and possessing a shotgun for the ...

The chicks were raised on a private farm after months of careful protection. Tall predator-proof fencing surrounded the nest, keeping foxes and farm machinery away. Conservationists from the Royal ...

While most hawks soar overhead while hunting, look low for the northern harrier. Sometimes they will soar overhead, but their preferred foraging style is a low patrol. They will glide along, possibly ...

A head gamekeeper has been fined at York Magistrates' Court for targeting hen harriers in what police say is the first prosecution of its kind. Racster Dingwall, 35, was caught wearing camouflage on a ...

READING the coverage of the recent court case, when a Yorkshire Dales gamekeeper was prosecuted for plotting to kill a hen harrier, I was ...