A rare bird of prey has disappeared from a nest in the North Pennines, the RSPB said. The male hen harrier, which was nesting at the RSPB's Geltsdale reserve, went missing on 23 May after setting off ...

A rare bird of prey has been found dead with its head and one leg pulled off — amidst a spate of disappearances of other hen harriers in the north of England. As a result of illegal killings on grouse ...

The pale-grey male Hen Harrier is known as ‘the seagull hawk’ in the west of Ireland — they get their name from raiding chicken coops but they also feed on small mammals and birds Hen Harrier: ...

“Quartering” describes how hen harriers hunt across open country, flying just a few metres above the ground, hunch-shouldered with heads tilted downwards, waiting to spot a flicker of movement from ...