PAW Scotland Bird of Prey Crime Hotspot Maps 2010-2014 Maps Map 1: Bird of prey poisoning incidents in Scotland 2010-2014 shows the distribution of incidents of confirmed poisoning reported to Science and Advice for Scottish Agriculture (SASA) from January 2010 to December 2014. Map 2: Bird of prey poisoning incidents in Scotland 2014 shows the distribution of incidents of confirmed poisoning reported to SASA for 2014 only. Map 3: All Bird of Prey Crimes Recorded in Scotland 2013-2014 shows the distribution of all criminal incidents involving a bird of prey species recorded by Police Scotland from January 2013 to December 2014. Map 4: All Bird of Prey Crimes Recorded in Scotland 2014 shows the distribution of all criminal incidents involving a bird of prey species recorded by Police Scotland for 2014 only. The maps show incidents where birds of prey have been confirmed as victims of poisoning, shooting, illegal trapping, nest destruction, disturbance or other types of crime. Where several incidents have been reported for the same area, the number of incidents has been aggregated to show ‘hotspots’; the greater the number of incidents the larger the ‘spot’. For the new maps showing wider persecution, the intention is that an additional year’s data will be added each year, until it is possible to show five years on one map, as with the poisoning incidents. Note: Two 2014 poisoning incidents are the subject of ongoing police investigations, and no further details of these have been released. These two incidents are therefore not currently included on any of the maps, which will be amended at a later date. Additionally, two buzzard shooting incidents were not included in the 2013 hotspot map as the incident locations were unknown. Further information can be found under Table 4a. The number of incidents/recorded crimes shown in the tables is therefore greater than the number of spots which appear on the maps.

Tables Please note that the number of poisoning incidents does not indicate the number of birds poisoned. For a summary of the number of birds of prey poisoned over this period please see Table 1. Tables 2a and 2b shows a summary of all the bird of prey crimes recorded in 2014 and the species involved. As it may not always be possible to quantify the number of birds affected by, for example, a case of disturbance, this table shows the number of recorded crimes. Some of the poisoning incidents also involved the recovery of poisoned baits and poisoned corvids, along with the carcasses of the birds of prey that were poisoned. A full detailed account of each incident is available in Tables 3a-3e. Incidents where poisoned baits were discovered, but no bird of prey species were involved, are not included in the maps or background data. Tables 4a and 4b provide further details of each recorded bird of prey crime in 2013 and 2014 respectively.

Stirling

EdinburghGlasgow

Dundee

Aberdeen

Inverness

Perth

Bird of Prey Poisoning IncidentsScotland 2010-2014Incidents

123

4

5 or more

Sources: Incident data (SASA, 2014), OS Opendata

Panorama DTM

© Crown copyright and database right (2014).

All rights reserved.

Ordnance Survey Licence number 100024655

Scottish Government GI Science & Analysis Team

March 2015, Job: 5644

Aberdeen

Inverness

Dundee

Perth

Edinburgh

Stirling

Glasgow

Bird of Prey Poisoning IncidentsScotland 2014Incidents

123

4

5 or more

Sources: Incident data (SASA, 2014), OS Opendata

Panorama DTM

© Crown copyright and database right (2015).

All rights reserved.

Ordnance Survey Licence number 100024655

Scottish Government GI Science & Analysis Team

March 2015, Job: 5644

Stirling

EdinburghGlasgow

Dundee

Aberdeen

Inverness

Perth

All Recorded Bird of Prey CrimesScotland 2013-2014

Sources: Incident data (Police Scotland, 2014),

OS Opendata Panorama DTM

© Crown copyright and database right (2015)

Ordnance Survey Licence number 100024655

Scottish Government GI Science & Analysis Team

March 2015, Job: 5644

Crime Incidents

Other

DisturbanceNest destructionPoisoningShootingTrapping

12

3

4

5 or more

Stirling

EdinburghGlasgow

Dundee

Aberdeen

Inverness

Perth

All Recorded Bird of Prey CrimesScotland 2014

Sources: Incident data (Police Scotland, 2014),

OS Opendata Panorama DTM

© Crown copyright and database right (2015)

Ordnance Survey Licence number 100024655

Scottish Government GI Science & Analysis Team

March 2015, Job: 5644

Crime Incidents

Other

DisturbanceNest destructionPoisoningShootingTrapping

12

3

4

5 or more

Table 1: Birds of Prey confirmed poisonings in Scotland in 2010-2014 Source: SASA

Numbers of Birds Poisoned (by Species) Number of Incidents Red

kite Buzzard Peregrine

falcon Golden eagle

Sparrowhawk White-tailed Eagle

Species not yet

disclosed

Total

2010 7 13 2 4 1 1 0 28 22

2011 4 7 2 1 2 0 0 16 10

2012 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 3

2013 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 6 6

2014 13 5 1 0 0 0 2 21 6

Totals 25 31 5 7 3 1 2 74 47

Table 2a: Bird of Prey Crimes Recorded in Scotland in 2013 by Species Involved and Type of Crime Source: Police Scotland

Type of Crime Red Kite Buzzard

Hen

Harrier

Golden

Eagle Osprey Peregrine

White-tailed

Eagle

Tawny

Owl Total

Shooting 2 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 11

Poisoning 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 6

Trapping 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3

Disturbance 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2

Nest Destruction 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1

Total 3 13 2 1 1 1 1 1 23

Species

Note: A golden eagle was found dead on Oronsay in June 2012. Whilst it was initially thought that there were no suspicious circumstances, it was later discovered in 2013 that the eagle had, at some point, been shot. This incident has not been included in the 2013 hotspot map or background data as it is known that the crime took place in a previous year.

Table 2b: Bird of Prey Crimes Recorded in Scotland in 2014 by Species Involved and Type of Crime Source: Police Scotland

Type of Crime

Species Involved

Red kite

Buzzard Red kite & buzzard

Peregrine falcon

Golden eagle

Goshawk Hen Harrier

Tawny Owl

Unknown Species not yet disclosed

Total Incidents

Shooting 1 3 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 8

Poisoning 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 6

Trapping 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2

Disturbance 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1

Other 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2

Total 2 5 1 3 1 2 1 1 1 2 19

Table 3a: Birds of Prey confirmed poisonings in Scotland in 2010 Source: SASA

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20

10

10002 Carbofuran Carbosulfan 1 1 January Dumfries & Galloway

10044 Carbofuran Carbosulfan 1 1 March Dumfries & Galloway

10049 Carbofuran 2 2 March Northern

10058 Aldicarb Aldicarb sulfoxide 1 1

April Lothian & Borders

10084 Aldicarb 1 1 May Northern

10090 Carbofuran 1 1 2 1 1 May Northern

10092 Aldicarb 1 1 May Lothian & Borders

10095 Carbofuran 1 1 May Northern

10102 Carbofuran 1 1 May Tayside

10108 Carbofuran Aldicarb 1 1 1 1 May Northern

10112 Carbofuran 1 1 1 1 May Northern

10113 Aldicarb 1 1 May Northern

10123 Carbofuran 1 1 2 June Northern

10142 Carbofuran 1 1 July Tayside

10166 Carbofuran 2 2 1 1 September Northern

10178 Chloralose 1 1 September Tayside

10189 Carbofuran 2 2 1 1 October Northern

10192 Carbofuran 1 1 2 2 October Tayside

10196 Carbofuran Isofenphos 2 2 October Tayside

10204 Carbofuran 1 1 November Lothian & Borders

10206 Carbofuran 1 1 1 1 November Strathclyde

10225 Chloralose 1 1 December Tayside

13 7 1 4 2 1 28 2 1 2 2 1 8

Table 3b: Birds of Prey confirmed poisonings in Scotland in 2011 Source: SASA

Ref.

Ch

em

ica

l

Bu

zzard

Red

kit

e

Go

lden

eag

le

Pere

gri

ne

Falc

on

Sp

arr

ow

haw

k

AL

L B

IRD

S O

F

PR

EY

Pig

eo

n b

ait

Ph

ea

san

t b

ait

AL

L B

AIT

Mo

nth

Fo

rce

2011

11006 Carbofuran

1 1

January Lothian & Borders

11020 Chloralose 1 1 February Northern

11024 Strychnine 2 2 1 1 February Strathclyde

11041 Chloralose 2 2 2 2 March Tayside

11046 Carbofuran 1 1 2

March Grampian

11054 Aldicarb Carbofuran 1 1

April Northern

11083 Bendiocarb Carbofuran 1 1

May Northern

11115 Carbofuran

1 1

July Dumfries & Galloway

11147 Carbofuran

2 2 4

September Lothian & Borders

11153 Carbofuran 1 1 September Strathclyde

7 4 1 2 2 16 1 2 3

Table 3c: Birds of Prey confirmed poisonings in Scotland in 2012 Source: SASA

Ref.

Ch

em

ica

l

Bu

zzard

Go

lden

eag

le

AL

L B

IRD

S O

F

PR

EY

Ph

ea

san

t b

ait

AL

L B

AIT

Mo

nth

Fo

rce

2012

12042 Aldicarb & Bendiocarb 1 1

March Northern

12138 Carbofuran 1 1 September Grampian

12170 Carbofuran

1 1 1 1

December Dumfries & Galloway

2 1 3 1 1

Table 3d: Birds of Prey confirmed poisonings in Scotland in 2013 Source: SASA

Ref.

Ch

em

ica

l

Bu

zzard

Red

Kit

e

Go

lden

eag

le

AL

L B

IRD

S O

F

PR

EY

Mo

nth

Div

isio

n*

2013

13035 Mevinphos

1 1

March Forth Valley

13045 Carbofuran 1 1 March Tayside

13062 Carbofuran 1 1 April Tayside

13135 Carbofuran 1 1

June Lothians & Scottish Borders

13179 Chloralose 1 1 September Tayside

13197 Carbofuran 1 1 November Tayside

4 1 1 6

* From 1 April 2013, Scotland's eight regional police forces were replaced with a single Scottish police force, made up of 14 regional divisions. For consistency,

all incidents from January 2013 onwards are recorded in this background data using the new regional divisions.

Table 3e: Birds of Prey confirmed poisonings in Scotland in 2014 Source: SASA

Ref.

Ch

em

ica

l

Bu

zzard

Red

Kit

e

Pere

gri

ne

falc

on

Sp

ecie

s n

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yet

dis

clo

sed

AL

L B

IRD

S O

F

PR

EY

Pig

eo

n b

ait

(D

NA

)

Bro

wn

hare

bait

AL

L B

AIT

Mo

nth

Div

isio

n

2014

14035 Carbofuran 1 1 1 1

February Lanarkshire

14037 Info not yet released

4 12 16 1 March/April Highlands and

Islands

14057 Info not yet released

1 April Fife

14097 Carbofuran 1 1 1 July Forth Valley

TBC Info not yet released

1 1 TBC TBC

TBC Info not yet released

1 1 TBC TBC

5 13 1 2 21 1 1 2

Table 4a: Bird of Prey Crimes Recorded in Scotland in 2013 – Incident Details Source: Police Scotland

Species Division Type of Crime Date

White-tailed Eagle Tayside Nest Destruction January

Buzzard Forth Valley Shooting February

Buzzard Aberdeenshire and Moray 1

Shooting February

Buzzard Tayside Poisoning March

Red Kite Forth Valley Poisoning March

Buzzard Lothians & Scottish Borders Shooting March

Buzzard Forth Valley Trapping March

Buzzard Tayside Poisoning April

Red Kite Aberdeenshire and Moray Shooting April

Tawny Owl Lothians & Scottish Borders Trapping April

Hen Harrier Aberdeenshire Shooting May

Osprey Forth Valley Disturbance June

Buzzard Tayside Shooting June

Hen Harrier Aberdeenshire and Moray Shooting June

Buzzard Lothians & Scottish Borders Poisoning (bird also shot at some point) June

Peregrine Aberdeenshire and Moray Disturbance July

Buzzard Renfrewshire & Inverclyde2 Shooting July

Red Kite Lanarkshire Shooting August

Buzzard Tayside Poisoning September

Buzzard Dumfries & Galloway Trapping September

Buzzard Tayside Shooting October

Golden Eagle Tayside Poisoning November

Buzzard Highlands & Islands Shooting December 1 This incident was not included in the 2013 hotspot map as the date and location of the shooting incident was unknown. The post mortem showed that, while

not the cause of death, the bird had been shot at some point. 2 This incident was not included in the 2013 hotspot map as the bird was handed in anonymously to a wildlife charity and the incident location is unknown.

Additionally, a golden eagle was found dead on Oronsay in June 2012. Whilst it was initially thought that there were no suspicious circumstances, it was later discovered in 2013 that the eagle had, at some point, been shot. This incident has not been included in the 2013 hotspot map or background data as it is known that the crime took place in a previous year.

Table 4b: Bird of Prey Crimes Recorded in Scotland in 2014 – Incident Details Source: Police Scotland

Species Division Type of Crime Date

Peregrine Lanarkshire Poisoning February

Goshawk Aberdeenshire and Moray Trapping (attempted) March

Red Kites and Buzzards Highlands and Islands Poisoning March

Buzzard Dumfries and Galloway Other (taking a bird) April

Peregrine Forth Valley Shooting April

Buzzard Fife Poisoning April

Goshawk Aberdeenshire and Moray Other (attempt to disturb and kill a bird) May

Hen Harrier Ayrshire Shooting May

Buzzard Forth Valley Shooting June

Golden Eagle Argyll and West Dunbartonshire

Disturbance June

Red Kite Highlands and Islands Shooting July

Red Kite Forth Valley Poisoning July

Peregrine Lothians and Scottish Borders

Shooting September

Unknown Lothians and Scottish Borders

Trapping (attempted) September

Buzzard Tayside Shooting October

Buzzard Lothians and Scottish Borders

Shooting October

Tawny Owl Lothians and Scottish Borders

Shooting December

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