85 bird crime incidents recorded last year, says RSPB report

Half of all confirmed persecution reports in the past seven years occurred in protected nature areas

There were 85 confirmed incidents of the illegal shooting, trapping and poisoning of birds of prey in Britain in 2019, according to the RSPB's annual Birdcrime report.

Half of all confirmed persecution incidents in the past seven years have occurred in landscapes supposedly already protected" for nature, such as national parks.