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Richard Hoskin

@thirlbybirder.bsky.social
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Keen birder, wildlife and conservation enthusiast in and around the North Yorkshire Moors. Raptor field worker.

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Richard Hoskin @thirlbybirder.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
I just signed a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social petition: Help Stop the Criminal Killing of Birds of Prey. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/he...
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Help Stop the Criminal Killing of Birds of Prey
Despite more than 70 years of full legal protection, raptor persecution remains a serious and persistent wildlife crime. The Yorkshire Dales is one of the UK’s worst-affected areas, with 152 confirmed...
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Raptor Persecution UK @raptorpersuk.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
The SGA claimed the programme caused "unfair reputation [sic] damage". Nope, reputational damage is not being caused by the BBC reporting the evidence, it's being caused by criminal gamekeepers who continue to kill birds of prey. #RaptorResearch raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/02/17/b...
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BBC rejects Scottish Gamekeepers Association’s complaint about programme that linked raptor persecution to land managed for gamebird shooting
Last November the BBC aired an episode of Highland Cops (Series 2, Episode 4) that featured a Police Scotland Wildlife Crime Officer, PC Dan Sutherland, investigating the suspicious disappearance o…
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Raptor Persecution UK @raptorpersuk.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
50,000 signatures will make an impression on the decision-making politicians (petition currently has 46,206 sigs). Can we get it to 50,000 by next week? Pls sign! ☠️🦅🙏 #RaptorResearch #Ornithology #WildlifeCrime #BritishEcologists raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/02/13/p...
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Petition to ban possession of dangerous, raptor-killing pesticides in Northern Ireland approaches deadline: please sign
Your help is needed to ensure a petition, calling for a ban on the possession of dangerous, raptor-killing pesticides in Northern Ireland, passes the target of 50,000 signatures before next week. T…
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Lizzie Bruce @lizziebruce.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Lead has been poisoning our wildlife and communities for decades – but now we have a chance to turn things around. With a crucial review into lead ammunition finally at an end, will you join me in calling on @SteveReedMP to help make lead history? act.wwt.org.uk/page/160992/...
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Help make lead history
Lead has been poisoning our wildlife and communities for decades – but now we have a chance to turn things around. With a crucial review into lead ammunition finally at an end, will you join me in c...
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