Last weekend the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) issued an appeal for information following the discovery of an injured Peregrine that had been shot and was found in a garden on Station Road, Strabane, County Tyrone on the evening of Friday 9th January 2026 (see here).
The Peregrine’s broken leg has now been pinned by a vet and the bird is being cared for by Dooletter Wildlife Rescue, who have provided the following update on social media:
The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has launched an investigation and an appeal for information after a Peregrine was found with gunshot injuries in County Tyrone.
The Peregrine was found in a garden on Station Road, Strabane on the evening of Friday 9th January 2026. According to an article on the BBC News website, the PSNI said it was found with a leg injury and that ‘the injury was consistent with a bullet wound, which would require specialist treatment‘.
I doubt very much whether it’s a ‘bullet’ injury – it would have taken the bird’s whole leg off – much more likely to have been caused by a shotgun or an air rifle, or perhaps a catapult. Without seeing an x-ray it’s difficult to know.
According to my sources the Peregrine has a broken leg and is currently receiving expert care from an experienced wildlife rehabilitator.
18 January 2026: Update on the shot Peregrine in Strabane, Northern Ireland (here)
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