Gamekeeper convicted of killing Common Buzzards

After an investigation by Nottinghamshire Police and the RSPB, a gamekeeper has been sentenced to a total of 20 weeks’ imprisonment, suspended for 12 months, and fined £1,000 after pleading guilty to killing two Common Buzzards Buteo buteo on land managed for Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus shooting.

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