Hen Harriers: Conservation
(asked on 8th September 2015) - View Source
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, of the 12 hen harrier nesting attempts in England in 2015, how many of (1) the six failed nests, and (2) the six successful nests, were on land in an area where the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds had primary control over access to the nests.
The table below sets out monitoring arrangements and outcomes for the 12 hen harrier nesting attempts in England in 2015.
Nest | Landowner | Nest monitored by | Outcome | Notes
|
1 | Private landowner | Local raptor workers | Chicks Fledged | |
2 | Private landowner | Local raptor workers | Chicks Fledged | |
3 | Natural England | Natural England | Chicks Fledged | |
4 | Forestry Commission | Forestry Commission/ RSPB/Natural England | Chicks Fledged | |
5 | Forestry Commission | Forestry Commission/ RSPB/Natural England | Chicks Fledged | |
6 | United Utilities | RSPB | Chicks Fledged | |
7 | United Utilities | RSPB | Nest failed | Male disappeared |
8 | United Utilities | RSPB | Nest failed | Male disappeared |
9 | United Utilities | RSPB | Nest failed | Male disappeared |
10 | United Utilities | RSPB | Nest failed | Male disappeared |
11 | United Utilities
| RSPB | Nest failed | Predation |
12 | RSPB | RSPB | Nest failed | Male disappeared |