Our September Newsletter is out now, with features on our new Nature Newscast podcast, our four 2026 satellite tagged Hen Harriers, and a trip through Sherwood Forest with Indy Kiemel Greene. Plus news of Montagu's Harrier UK breeding success. #birds #wildlife sh1.sendinblue.com/amabqhygslpf...

Hen Harrier Action September Wildlife Newsletter

Nature Newscast wildlife podcast launches, four young Hen Harriers satellite tagged, Montagu's Harriers UK breeding success, Indy's Sherwood Forest

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Our new video podcast - Nature Newscast - is now live on our YouTube channel. With features including Welney WWT Wetlands, Thames21's River Roding restoration project, and a butterfly count update from Butterfly Conservation, it's a must-see for wildlife fans. www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwYA...

Wonderful news alert! 🎉 One of the UK’s rarest breeding birds has had a remarkable year. Montagu’s Harriers have successfully bred in the UK for the second year running, raising six youngsters from two nests at a secret farmland location. www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen...

Meet our 2026 satellite tagged young Hen Harriers! Thanks to the generosity of our supporters, we have funded four satellite tags for fledgling Hen Harriers born in the Forest of Bowland and Tarras Valley Nature Reserve. www.henharrierday.uk/news/meet-ou... #tarrasvalley #birds #conservation

Our 2026 Satellite Tagged Hen Harriers | Hen Harrier Action

Four young Hen Harriers have been satellite tagged this year to monitor their wellbeing, thanks to funds raised by Hen Harrier Action supporters. Meet them here.

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A new video podcast - Nature Newscast - launches tomorrow on our YouTube channel. Hosted by Ajay Tegala, this episode has the latest news from Welney WWT wetlands, Butterfly Conservation's Emma Butler, and a feature on restoring the River Roding. It's a must-watch for all nature and wildlife fans!

See all the winning images from our Young Wild Photographer competition, judged by wildlife photographer Richard Birchett. Like this fox cub from 14-year-old Jack Brackley, or this hungry puffin from 7-year-old William Vaughan. www.henharrierday.uk/news/see-all...

We're delighted to announce the winners of our 2026 Young Wild Writers competition, sponsored by Opticron @opticron.bsky.social and judged by Gill Lewis @gilllewis.bsky.social and Gill McLay. Read the remarkable winning examples of creative writing here: www.henharrierday.uk/news/read-al...

Winning Entries | 2026 Young Wild Writers | Hen Harrier Action

Discover all the wonderful winning entries from children and young people in this year's 2026 Young Wild Writers creative writing competition, sponsored by Opticron.

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Aged 5-16? Creative writer? Enter our Young Wild Writers competition today for the chance to win Opticron binoculars. Judged by children's author Gill Lewis in 3 age categories - Young, Junior, Senior. But hurry, competition closes midnight on Sunday 26th July! www.henharrierday.uk/get-involved...

Calling all Young Wild Photographers! There's only one week left to enter your 'Colour of the Wild' nature photos. Open to all children and young people aged 5-16. But hurry, the competition closes at midnight on Sunday 26th July. www.henharrierday.uk/get-involved...

Trustee Becky Downey chatted to Pete from Opticron @opticron.bsky.social about the fantastic Adventurer II 8x42 binoculars to be won in our Young Wild Writers and Young Wild Photographer competitions. Open to anyone aged 5-16 but hurry, the deadline is 26th July. www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdDP...

Global Birdfair 2026 - with Opticron

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Just four weeks now to enter our Young Wild Photographer competition, open to children and young people aged 5-16. There are fabulous Opticron 8x42 binoculars to be won in each category - Young, Junior and Senior. Don't miss your chance - enter now! www.henharrierday.uk/get-involved...

This week we heard the sad news that Sherwood's famous Major Oak has died. www.bbc.com/news/article... But there are still 997 ancient oaks in Sherwood Forest. Find out how RSPB staff & volunteers like Indy Greene @greeneindy.bsky.social are working to save them. www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDy6...

'A Personal Journey' - with Indy Kiemel-Greene

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Our 2026 Young Wild Writers competition is now open for all children and young people aged 5-16 years. With Young, Junior and Senior categories, there are some great prizes on offer, sponsored by Opticron www.henharrierday.uk/get-involved... #creativewriting #nature #childrenswritingcontest

Skydancer Day is live on YouTube in less than two hours! www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1Lh... #birds #wildlife #conservation #attenborough

Skydancer Day 2026

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Moth fan? 🦋 Join us on Saturday as we open a moth trap live with Emma Butler from Butterfly Conservation ! See if we get corkers like these as we open 2 traps set around the Attenborough Reserve the evening before... and discover the wonderful ecology of moths 😍 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/skydancer-...

Tuning in live on Saturday? Wondering HOW to join us? Until the BBC gives us a TV slot, we'll be LIVE on our YouTube Channel @HenHarrierDayUK! Click the "notify me" bell to know when we're about to go live: youtube.com/live/W1LhQJ1... Or sign up free here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/skydancer-...

Skydancer Day 2026 is broadcasting live from Attenborough Nature Reserve on Saturday 9th May at 11.00am on YouTube. Don't miss out! sh1.sendinblue.com/alcm3tygslpf... #conservation #wildlife #rewilding #skydancerday

Hen Harrier Action Late April Newsletter

Skydancer Day 2026 Sneak Preview | Indy's Favourite Sherwood Forest Tree | National Trust's £6m a Year Upland Landscape Restoration | Wallasea Island

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A stunning new animated film from the RSPB fronts a campaign to end wildlife persecution, calling for a licensing scheme for gamebird shooting. The powerful film urges the public to email their MPs to stop the illegal killing. www.henharrierday.uk/news/stunnin... #birds #conservation #wildlifecrime

New RSPB Hen Harrier Animation Calls for Licensing | Hen Harrier Action

Highlighting a catalogue of crimes against Hen Harriers over the last five years, the RSPB is urging supporters and activists to email their MP calling for a

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Wildlife crime detection dog Henry featured on BBC Crimewatch Live recently, with trainer Louise Wilson revealing his backstory. Read more about Henry here, and watch the Crimewatch Live film as Henry searches for bird remains. www.henharrierday.uk/news/bbc-cri... #wildlifecrime #detectiondogs

BBC Crimewatch With Detection Dog Henry | Hen Harrier Action

Wildlife crime detection dog Henry featured in a recent episode of BBC Crimewatch Live, in an interview with dog trainer Louise Wilson. Read more and watch here.

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Skydancer Day 2026 filming is well under way! Indy and Paul have been filming in RSPB Sherwood Forest, documenting the work to preserve the ancient trees and birds of prey there. Tune in to Skydancer Day on Saturday 9th May to watch the film, and much more. www.henharrierday.uk/get-involved...

This is a fantastic opportunity to see Hen Harriers at this remarkable, community-funded reserve. They have had great Hen Harrier breeding success in the last couple of years, and some of our sat-tagged birds (Henrietta, Circe, Gilda) were born here. Tickets are going fast though!

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Some fantastic photos taken over the weekend of a male hen harrier on Tarras Valley. Don't forget we still have some spaces available on our up and coming Skydancer Day bird watching tours! The booking link is here: tickets.mp/tvnrskydance... 📸 Photo credit: Alistair Moulstone

Spring was in full swing @hilbrebirdobs.bsky.social with all the locals back in full voice, Stonechats buzzed around the paddock fences & waders fed as the tide moved them. Great to see a male Hen Harrier come in from the North before heading West, a sadly rare bird here now. #ukbirding

Lovely views of this female Hen Harrier down at Llanrhidian yesterday evening. Swept by the car and then looped out over the marsh before heading straight back at us. Closest views for some time, and in actual sunshine! #birdingWales #UKWildlife #birdSeenIn2026 #birds @gowerbirds.bsky.social

Blauwe kiekendief (hen harrier - Circus cyaneus) 💚 #birds #nature #blauwekiekendief #photography 📸

Kornweihe im Frühnebel #Birds hen harrier #NaturePhotography

What's happened to the police investigation in to the poisoned Hen Harrier found dead on the edge of a grouse moor in North Yorkshire? #RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime 🌍 raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/03/10/w...

What’s happened to the police investigation in to the poisoned Hen Harrier found dead on the edge of a grouse moor in North Yorkshire?

In December 2025, I blogged about a Hen Harrier that had been found poisoned on a grouse moor somewhere in North Yorkshire, 11 months earlier in January 2025. Hen Harrier (photo by Pete Walkden) Th…

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Male Hen Harrier, 2x Bittern and a Water Pipit from East Hide, Oare Marshes KWT this evening. No sign of Garganey, but perhaps we couldn't complain... #KentBirding @kentwildlife.bsky.social @btobirds.bsky.social @kentishplover.bsky.social #birding

A distant Hen Harrier at Dullens today, in less than optimal conditions. Presumably the same bird I found there on 19 Feb.

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Hen Harrier Action March Newsletter

Skydancer Day 2026 | New Petition from Friends of the Dales | Tarras Valley Skydancer Tours | Stunning New Hen Harrier Animation from the RSPB

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Register now for our 2026 Skydancer Day broadcast, with live interviews and film, including Notts Wildlife Trust's plan to reintroduce European Elk to its wetlands, exclusive new film from the Yorkshire Dales, news from the #RSPB Investigations Team and more. www.henharrierday.uk/events/skyda...

Skydancer Day 2026 | Attenborough Nature Reserve | Event | Hen Harrier Action

Reserve your place now for this exciting wildlife conservation live broadcast on YouTube from the Hen Harrier Action team. Live interviews, exclusive new film and more.

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