Understanding bird of prey conservation

Dr. John Edwards of the Hawk and Owl Trust gave a 30 minute presentation Raptor conservation: a biologist's perspective at the Northern England Raptor Forum Conference on 20th November 2010. Here is an abridged version. Whilst a 7 minute YouTube clip can only scrape the surface of this subject, hopefully it will open up channels for discussion and enlighten those for whom the term predator is synonymous with that out-dated Victorian term - vermin.