Results of the 2022 National Hen Harrier Breeding Survey

Suspected or observed reasons for failure at nests in 2022 included:

  • forestry management (harvesting) activity and associated human and vehicular/machinery-related disturbance;
  • human (walking) disturbance;
  • dog walking (on and off leads);
  • off-road trail motorbike (scrambler) disturbance;
  • predation (mammalian);
  • predation (dog);
  • predation (avian); and
  • digging (turf / machinery) disturbance

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