Raising Awareness, Educating & Conserving Birds of Prey Around the World.
Our Aim
Raptor Aid CIO is a registered charity within England (1177127) whose aim is to help educate, support and carry out bird of prey conservation in the UK and abroad. Our two main charitable objectives are:
To advance the education of the public in matters pertaining to birds of prey (raptors), their habitats, species conservation and monitoring, ornithology and avian biology.
To promote for the benefit of the public the conservation and protection of birds of prey (raptors) and their habitats.
Birds of prey around the world have interested man for decades; whether it was through religion, society, literature or cultures; they have had some influence on humanity.
In modern days with the rise in human populations, use of natural resources and commercialisation of the world, birds of prey like many other species have felt the pressure on their survival.
We hope to help more people understand birds of prey, including how they live and how we as the human race can live cooperatively with these incredible birds.
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Grants for Conservation.
Never has there been a more important time to invest in our conservationists and projects that aim to halt the loss of global biodiversity. Our grants are aimed to support individuals and projects trying to make a difference for birds of prey all over the world. We want to help passionate people with a drive to learn more and conserve birds of prey in the wild.
Projects we’ve supported.
Check out some of the places, projects and people we have supported with your donations by using the links below. Your money goes to people and projects that work to help birds of prey and their habitats.
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Each item in our shop has been carefully picked and offered to you because we know it is the real deal. Our nest boxes have been tried and tested in the field and our owl pellet dissection kits have been put together based on years of experience. Each purchase helps fund our conservation work and we couldn’t be more grateful.
The Merlin is a very special bird. One of the smallest ‘True Falcons’, it stands outside the usually assumed grouping of the others, and also prefers a habitat which differs markedly from them. While most falcons are found in warmer climes, the Merlin is a northern dweller, occupying a circumpolar range at the fringes of the Arctic. Only the Gyrfalcon has a range which extends further north, though Peregrine Falcon sub-species also breed in the Arctic. It might be assumed that with its vast range the Merlin has been well studied, but nowhere is it common.
This book draws together what is currently known about this elusive, but beautiful and enchanting species. Written by Richard Sale it includes 172 full colour photographs and 56 figures and tables, 352 pages in all priced at £39.99 plus P&P. I hope you enjoy reading it.
Raptors of the World (Helm, 2001) is the definitive handbook
to this most popular group of birds. This new field guide uses all of
the plates from Raptors of the World, with a concise, revised text on
facing pages, to create a conveniently-sized, lightweight field
reference covering all 340 raptor species. Several of the plates have
been reworked and repainted for this guide. The book also has an
updated colour distribution map for each species.
Much of the extensive introductory material has been retained in
this guide, with the addition of a complete species list containing all
subspecies and brief details of their ranges. Armed with this guide,
birders will be able to identify with confidence any raptor encountered
anywhere in the world.
Your purchases support the work of UK conservation charity Raptor Aid CIO.
Delve into the wonderful world of owls by exploring what they eat and how they survive with this owl pellet dissection kit brought to you by UK conservation charity Raptor Aid CIO. Owl pellet dissection is a fascinating way for budding scientists to learn all about food chains, predator and prey relationships, habitats and the role these birds play in the environment.
Raptor Aid have dissected hundreds of owl pellets over the years and this kit is comprised of every you need to investigate wild Barn owl pellets. Each pack contains two* wild Barn owl pellets meaning you have double the fun and you are supporting active Barn owl conservation work.
New Tees!
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New Books!
We’re proud to bring you the works of Richard Sale. These books are considered the definitive study of the enigmatic bird they focus on.
The Merlin is a very special bird. One of the smallest ‘True Falcons’, it stands outside the usually assumed grouping of the others, and also prefers a habitat which differs markedly from them. While most falcons are found in warmer climes, the Merlin is a northern dweller, occupying a circumpolar range at the fringes of the Arctic. Only the Gyrfalcon has a range which extends further north, though Peregrine Falcon sub-species also breed in the Arctic. It might be assumed that with its vast range the Merlin has been well studied, but nowhere is it common.
This book draws together what is currently known about this elusive, but beautiful and enchanting species. Written by Richard Sale it includes 172 full colour photographs and 56 figures and tables, 352 pages in all priced at £39.99 plus P&P. I hope you enjoy reading it.
The Kestrel was once a common sight ‘hovering’ above grass verges on the UK’s motorway network, this being a characteristic that separated it from the other birds of prey that breed in the British Isles.
This book investigates the recent decline, after first exploring all aspects of the Kestrels’ life, from plumage and diet through breeding to survival. Data for this investigation was collected from across the Kestrel’s range, but also includes a four-year study using video cameras in a barn in southern England. Inertial measurement units and hi-speed photography were also used in flight studies. The result is a comprehensive book on this most fascinating of small raptors drawing together what is currently known about this elusive, but beautiful and enchanting species. It includes 297 full colour photographs and 127 figures and tables. 392 pages in all priced at £39.99 plus P&P. I hope you enjoy reading it. In 2021 ‘The Common Kestrel’ won the U.S. Wildlife Society’s book of the year award in 2021.
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Peregrine Falcons are iconic aerial apex predators sometimes held in mystical regard, occasionally elevated to the status of myth and legend. This new book investigates all aspects of Peregrine life, from plumage, through diet, population dynamics, breeding and survival. Peregrines breed on all continents apart from Antarctica and data has been collected from across that vast range enabling provision of information on each of the 17-19 subspecies (subject to debate) as to diet, distribution and physical characteristics.
Having sold out the first edition, published in November 2022, the authors have now produced an extended and significantly updated and re-written limited print run second edition which includes published science up to August 2024. In particular, the science of phylogenetics has developed dramatically since the first edition following landmark discoveries in China and this is covered in some detail. Furthermore, one of the authors (RS) has conducted and describes here a series of CT scans to study wing bone structure, nasal passages and brain cavities.
RS has also conducted and describes experiments in falcon olfaction. Modern technology (inertial measurement units built by RS) has been used to study the flights which have made Peregrines famous as arguably the fastest creature on the planet. The result is a new comprehensive book on this most iconic bird, including over 150 full colour photographs from across the world and over 200 figures and tables across 576 pages in all. We hope you enjoy reading it.
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