Quote Originally Posted by wharfeego View Post
No conclusive evidence, but given the circumstances I would like to bet that bird flu wasn't the cause of this Goshawk's early demise...

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I can't begin to tell you how mad that makes me, I'd better not say anymore or else I'll end up in the tower.

Whilst on the Isle Of Mull a few years ago, the wildlife ranger told us that local farmers are compensated to the tune of something like 6 lambs a year for raptor kills. Apparently the farmers are really happy with it. I don't know if it would work on the grouse moors though. The gamekeepers seem to be a law unto themselves.