Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many hen harrier nests there were on (a) RSPB and (b) non-RSPB reserves in each of the last eight years; how many of those nests failed to have any chicks fledge; and what the causes of each of those nest failures were.
Over the last eight years there have been four hen harrier nests on RSPB reserves (all Geltsdale).
Based on information held by Natural England, the nest in 2015 may have failed due to the disappearance of the breeding male. In 2016 there was one successful nest, and in 2020 two nesting attempts failed, likely due to the disappearance of the breeding male.
On non-RSPB reserves, based on information held by Natural England, there were: