On 12 January 2026, at Scarborough Magistrates Court, Thomas Munday pleaded guilty to killing a Buzzard and was fined £1,215.

A gamekeeper who beat a wild bird to death with a stick on a pheasant shooting estate has been fined. Thomas Munday was ...

Gamekeeper Thomas Munday has been ordered to pay £1,215 in fines and associated costs at Scarborough Magistrates Court, after ...

This is the brutal moment a buzzard was beaten to death in a cage trap by a masked gamekeeper. Shocking footage shows the ...

There are fears for child safety in a town after a woman claimed a bird of prey swooped and tried to grab her chihuahua. The bird, which she says was a buzzard or red kite, apparently drive-bombed the ...

A Gamekeeper filmed brutally killing a protected Buzzard has been fined £1,215. Thomas Munday pleaded guilty to killing the Buzzard and was fined at Scarborough Magistrates Court today (Monday).

Warnings have been issued after a dead buzzard tested positive for bird flu. The bird of prey was found in Winterbourne Stoke in Wiltshire, and tests later confirmed it had H5N1 Avian Influenza. The ...

Police are investigating the shooting of a buzzard in Northamptonshire. Officers say it is a "criminal offence to shoot birds of prey, including buzzards". The injured bird was found off Shelton Road, ...

A case of bird flu has been confirmed on the Isle of Man after a bird of prey tested positive. The buzzard found dead in a garden in the Bride area in the north of the Isle of Man had tested positive ...