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 ...

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

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