Best of 2023: Killing the Skydancer episode one, Susie’s chicks

In this special Age of Extinction mini-series from Science Weekly,
which first aired in August 2023, the Guardian’s biodiversity
reporter, Phoebe Weston, explores the illegal killing of birds of
prey on grouse moors and asks why it is so difficult to solve these
crimes. In episode one, Phoebe hears about the case of Susie, a hen
harrier whose chicks were killed while being monitored on camera.
As she starts to investigate the case, she hears from
conservationist Ruth Tingay about why hen harriers are targeted and
finds out about the personal costs of campaigning on this issue.
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