Despite extensive searches by RSPBEngland Natures_Voice and LancsPolice there's no trace of the birds since their satellite tags stopped transmitting 🦅
The tag’s last fix put him over a grouse moor within the Bowland Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty .
A second bird, Wayland, vanished in the Clapham area of North Yorkshire on 17 May, just over the border from the Bowland AONB, where the land is a mix of farmland with gamebird shooting. Its tag had been functioning up to this point. Hen Harriers are rare breeding birds in the UK, known for their acrobatic ‘skydancing’ courtship display which they perform above upland moors in spring.
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