UK's rarest bird of prey rears new chicks in secret location
The Montagu Harrier successfully nested for the second year running in the same secret location.
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"It will allow us for the first time ever to work out where they're going, what migration route, how long they'll spend there, and will they come back to the UK in the first year or the second year."
— Mark Thomas , Activist
"This is a species right on the brink, and climate change is not helping that."
— Mark Thomas , Activist
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The Montagu Harrier successfully nested for the second year running in the same secret location.
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