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hen harrier

n. Chiefly British
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hen harrier

n
(Animals) a common harrier, Circus cyaneus, that flies over fields and marshes and nests in marshes and open land. US and Canadian names: marsh hawk or marsh harrier
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Noun 1. [画像:hen harrier - common harrier of North America and Europe]hen harrier - common harrier of North America and Europe; nests in marshes and open land
genus Circus, Circus - a genus of haws comprising the harriers
harrier - hawks that hunt over meadows and marshes and prey on small terrestrial animals
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Cases detailed during the year included the disappearance of two young hen harriers in the north-east - Margot on the Aberdeenshire/Moray border in August and stelmaria near ballater in early september.
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That picture, together with a glut of recent reports concerning the trapping of hen harriers and the unexplainable disappearance of radio tagged eagles, all located on grouse moors, suggests there is a hard core of people intent on the destruction of these raptors.
How to solve the war on raptors
One in three hen harriers fitted with satellite tags last summer as part of a project to monitor the protected birds has disappeared in suspicious circumstances, it has been revealed.
One in three tagged hen harrier chicks lost in just one year
Vulcan, one of the hen harriers which disappeared NINE chicks of a critically endangered bird of prey have fledged from nests in Northumberland - with the county the most consistent successful nesting location in England for a species on the edge of extinction in the country.
North East hen harrier success is celebrated
Vulcan, the Northumberland Harrier, pictured "We're doing everything we can to help protect hen harriers here, but past experience makes us anxious about their futures once they leave their nests."
Hen harriers fly the nest for a fifth year
The RSPB charity says the bird was poisoned in the same area where two satellite-tagged hen harriers recently vanished.
Police probe as raven deliberately poisoned
She pointed to a recent study which indicated 72% of hen harriers are killed illegally on Britain's grouse moors and another that found 31% of tagged golden eagles in Scotland were illegally killed.
Hen harrier goes missing in grouse-shooting area; Wildlife: Disappearance sparks call for tougher measures to save rare birds
Natural England, Westminster's conservation adviser, chose Bank Holiday Saturday to publish the data from a 10-year project satellite-tagging Hen Harriers, the species most affected.
BIRD NOTES
Hen harriers are one of the UK's rarest raptors with only three successful nests in England in 2017.
Fears grow for missing harrier
A Heads Up for Hen Harriers project that aims to conserve the threatened birds of prey is delighted by the success of 2017.
BIRD PROJECT FLYING HIGH
Will Hayward, of RSPB Scotland, said: "If criminal cause of death is confirmed, this incident will sadly be another statistic to add to a catalogue of hen harriers that meet their end in this way."
Hen harrier death probe