News and comment

01 December 2009
Comments News and comment The illegal persecution of Hen Harriers Circus cyaneus rarely attracts mainstream media coverage – but it was national news at the end of October! Two Hen Harriers were shot on the edge of the Sandringham estate in Norfolk and police interviewed Prin...
Read More

Notes

01 September 1983
Comments Notes Hen Harrier with rufous-orange underparts A large harrier Circus with rich rufous-orange underparts was present on Fair Isle, Shetland, from 25th August to 8th October 1982. It was a large, heavy ring-tail, whose silhouette at times recalled Ma...
Read More

The 'Marsh Hawk' problem

01 September 1983
Comments Main paper A 'ringtail' harrier at Cley, Norfolk, from October 1957 to April 1958 was identified as a first-year Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus of the Nearctic subspecies hudsonius (previously known as Marsh Hawk in North America, but now called Northern Harrier) bec...
Read More

Stay at the forefront of British birding by taking out a subscription to British Birds.

Subscribe Now