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Dead Birds of Prey Discovery Reveals Shocking Crime

Episode 12 of 15

Farmers help rescue teams, as floodwaters threaten lives in Lincolnshire, a massive bird crime is uncovered on a Wiltshire farm and Paul Colgan joins a rural mountain rescue team.

In Lincolnshire, rising floodwater sweep through low lying land, forcing farmers to step in to protect their community. Father and son Dean and Ryan Wesley join the emergency response, using their machinery and local knowledge to help save lives. But when the flood reaches their own family, the pair launch a daring rescue to bring their relatives to safety.

On farmland in Wiltshire, investigators uncover one of Britain’s most shocking cases of bird crime, after a tip off leads to a secret camera catching a suspect in the act. As teams sift through horrific evidence of dead raptors, the scale of what could be the UK’s largest bird of prey persecution becomes clear.

And in Northern Ireland, reporter Paul Colgan joins the Mourne Mountain Rescue Team to discover the challenges they overcome to keep hill farmers safe in some of the country’s toughest terrain.

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11 months left to watch

27 minutes