Almost three-quarters of unnatural deaths of birds of prey in the last 13 years were the result of poisoning, a new study has found. Some 294 incidents involving the unnatural deaths of birds of prey have been recorded in Ireland over the last 13 years - with 301 individual birds impacted. Some of the incidents involved multiple issues (for example, some birds being shot and poisoned), and a number of incidents involved more than one bird dying as a result of poisoning. 57 of the incidents were the result of road-collision incidents and six were caused by wind-turbine strikes. The authors hope their report will help inform future policy and educate the public, thus reducing the number of bird of prey deaths here.

Source: Irish Examiner October 21, 2020 11:58 UTC