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Hen harrier incident in Norfolk
25 October 2007
Statement from Natural England
A member of Natural England's staff, along with two members of the public, saw two hen harriers being shot on Dersingham Bog National Nature Reserve in Norfolk, on the evening of 24 October 2007. Natural England is shocked that two of England's rarest birds have been killed in this way.
Natural England staff are currently supporting the Norfolk Police in every way they can to investigate the incident.
Natural England's Hen Harrier Recovery Project, running since 2001, cites illegal persecution as the greatest single factor when accounting for the birds' low population and poor breeding success.