RSPB Scotland welcomes buzzard killing fine

A common buzzard. Credit: Patrick Pleul/DPA/Press Association Images

The Scottish RSPB has welcomed the conviction of a Dumfriesshire gamekeeper for the killing and possession of buzzard in April 2014.

Mr William Dick, a gamekeeper from the Newlands Estate, was found guilty on 4 August 2015 at Dumfries Sheriff Court.

Today (2 September) he was fined £2000 for the offences.