Gamekeeper due in court charged with killing bird of prey on a Pheasant shooting estate in Yorkshire

Gamekeeper Thomas Mundy is due to appear at Scarborough Magistrates’ Court next week after being charged with killing a Buzzard on a Pheasant shooting estate at Hovingham, North Yorkshire in April 2024.

Buzzard photo by Ronnie Gilbert

No plea has been entered yet and this will be the first hearing in this case.

NB: As criminal proceedings are live, comments have been turned off.

UPDATE 12 January 2026: Gamekeeper Thomas Munday convicted after brutally clubbing trapped Buzzard to death on a Pheasant shoot at Hovingham, North Yorkshire (here)

UPDATE 16 January 2026: Commentary on the conviction of gamekeeper Thomas Munday (bludgeoned Buzzard to death on Hovingham Estate, North Yorkshire) here

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