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Springwatch presenter Chris Packham has called on the royal family to reform pheasant shooting after a protected owl was killed in a trap in Sandringham.
A little owl - a rare species of the bird - was seen dead inside a Fenn trap on the 20,000-acre Norfolk estate in May.
Fenn traps - which are set at ground level to catch and kill rats that eat pheasant and partridge eggs - are completely legal.
Mr Packham urged the Queen to take action, claiming its disappointing that the owl died in Sandringham as the family should be setting an example.
A little owl - a rare species of the bird - was seen dead inside a Fenn trap (pictured) on the 20,000-acre Norfolk estate in May
As those who’ve watched the latest season of
The Crown will know – in which a young Lady Diana Spencer wins over the Royal Family by going on a successful deer stalking mission with Prince Philip – animal hunting is part of royal tradition. Yet such sports are increasingly seen as inhumane and environmentally damaging, with the Duke of Cambridge most recently having been called upon to make changes to how game shooting is conducted at Sandringham.
Game shooting is part of Royal Family tradition, with the famous Boxing Day pheasant shoot at Sandringham an annual staple of the festive season. This year, however, the Queen and Prince Philip will be celebrating Christmas ‘quietly’ at Windsor on account of the pandemic, rather than hosting typical festivities at the monarch’s Norfolk estate.
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The State Of The UK’s Birds 2020 report is produced by groups including the RSPB, British Trust for Ornithology, the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust and the Government.
The overall long-term loss equates to a decline of about 18 percent – or one in five breeding birds.
Just 11 native species with more than two million pairs each account for 60 percent of all the UK’s breeding birds.
They include wren, robin, house sparrow. The other commonest native birds include woodpigeon, blackbird, chaffinch, blue tit, dunnock, meadow pipit and great tit.
The worst-hit species is the house sparrow, the most familiar birds in Britain (Image: Getty )